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1 And Joshua rose early
in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and
all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
2 And it came to pass after three
days, that the officers went through the host;
3 And they commanded the people,
saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the
priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and
go after it.
4 Yet there shall be a space between
you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it,
that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this
way heretofore.
5 And Joshua said unto the people,
Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
6 And Joshua spake unto the priests,
saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people.
And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
7 And the LORD said
unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all
Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be
with thee.
8 And thou shalt command the priests
that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink
of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.
9 And Joshua said unto the children
of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.
10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall
know that the living God is among you, and that he will
without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites,
and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the
Amorites, and the Jebusites.
11 Behold, the ark of the covenant
of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
12 Now therefore take you twelve men
out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
13 And it shall come to pass, as
soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the
LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that
the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come
down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
14 And it came to pass,
when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the
priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
15 And as they that bare the ark
were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were
dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all
the time of harvest,)
16 That the waters which came down
from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city
Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the
sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut
off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
17 And the priests that bare the ark
of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of
Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the
people were passed clean over Jordan.
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