Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
Early the next
morning Joshua
got
up
and left
Shittim with
all the Israelites.
They
went
as
far
as
the
Jordan
, where
they
camped
before crossing
over.
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.
After three days the officers went through the camp
And
it
came
to
pass
after three days ,
that
the officers went through the host;
and commanded the people :
“
When you
see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being
carried
by
the Levitical
priests, you
are
to
set
out
from your positions
and follow
it.
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.
But
keep
a distance
of
about two thousand cubits between
yourselves
and
the
ark.
Do
not go
near it, so
that you
can
see
the way to
go ,
since
you
have never
traveled
this way before
. ”
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
.
Then
Joshua told
the people, “Consecrate
yourselves ,
for tomorrow
the LORD will do wonders among you. ”
And
Joshua said
unto
the people, Sanctify
yourselves :
for to
morrow
the LORD will do wonders among you.
And he
said
to
the priests, “
Take the ark of the covenant and go
on
ahead
of
the people. ”
So
they carried
the ark of the covenant and went ahead
of
them
.
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
.
Now
the LORD said to
Joshua, “Today
I
will begin to exalt
you
in the sight of all Israel, so
they may know that I
am
with
you
just
as I was with Moses.
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
.
Command the priests carrying
the ark of the covenant :
‘
When you
reach
the edge
of the waters
, stand in the
Jordan. ’”
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.
So
Joshua told
the Israelites
, “
Come here
and listen
to
the words of the LORD your God. ”
And
Joshua said
unto
the children
of
Israel
, Come hither,
and hear
the words of the LORD your God.
He
continued
, “This
is
how
you
will
know that the living God is among you and that He will surely
drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.
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.
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will
go
ahead
of
you into the
Jordan.
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passeth
over
before
you into Jordan.
Now choose
twelve men from
the tribes of Israel, one
from
each
tribe.
Now therefore
take
you
twelve men out
of
the tribes of Israel, out
of
every
tribe a
man
.
When
the feet of the priests who
carry
the ark of the LORD —
the Lord of all the earth —touch
down
in the waters of the
Jordan, its
flowing
waters will
be cut off and will
stand up
in
a
heap. ”
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.
So
when the people broke
camp
to cross
the
Jordan, the priests carried
the ark of the covenant ahead
of
them.
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;
Now
the Jordan overflows
its
banks
throughout
the harvest
season.
But
as
soon
as
the priests carrying
the ark reached
the Jordan and
their
feet
touched
the water’s
edge
,
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
, )
the flowing
water
stood still.
It
backed
up as
far upstream
as
Adam,
a
city
in
the area
of
Zarethan
, while
the
water
flowing
toward the Sea of the Arabah
(
the Salt Sea )
was
completely
cut off .
So
the people crossed
over opposite
Jericho.
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.
The priests carrying
the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle
of the
Jordan, while
all Israel
crossed
over
the dry ground, until the
entire
nation
had
crossed
the Jordan.
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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