3:1 | And Joshua <03091> rose early <07925> (8686) in the morning <01242>; and they removed <05265> (8799) from Shittim <07851>, and came <0935> (8799) to Jordan <03383>, he and all the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, and lodged <03885> (8799) there before they passed over <05674> (8799). |
3:2 | And it came to pass after <07097> three <07969> days <03117>, that the officers <07860> (8802) went <05674> (8799) through <07130> the host <04264>; |
3:3 | And they commanded <06680> (8762) the people <05971>, saying <0559> (8800), When ye see <07200> (8800) the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068> your God <0430>, and the priests <03548> the Levites <03881> bearing <05375> (8802) it, then ye shall remove <05265> (8799) from your place <04725>, and go <01980> (8804) after <0310> it. |
3:4 | Yet there shall be a space <07350> between you and it, about two thousand <0505> cubits <0520> by measure <04060>: come not near <07126> (8799) unto it, that ye may know <03045> (8799) the way <01870> by which ye must go <03212> (8799): for ye have not passed <05674> (8804) [this] way <01870> heretofore <08543> <08032>. {heretofore: Heb. since yesterday, and the third day} |
3:5 | And Joshua <03091> said <0559> (8799) unto the people <05971>, Sanctify <06942> (8690) yourselves: for to morrow <04279> the LORD <03068> will do <06213> (8799) wonders <06381> (8737) among <07130> you. |
3:6 | And Joshua <03091> spake <0559> (8799) unto the priests <03548>, saying <0559> (8800), Take up <05375> (8798) the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285>, and pass over <05674> (8798) before <06440> the people <05971>. And they took up <05375> (8799) the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285>, and went <03212> (8799) before <06440> the people <05971>. |
3:7 | And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Joshua <03091>, This day <03117> will I begin <02490> (8686) to magnify <01431> (8763) thee in the sight <05869> of all Israel <03478>, that they may know <03045> (8799) that, as I was with Moses <04872>, [so] I will be with thee. |
3:8 | And thou shalt command <06680> (8762) the priests <03548> that bear <05375> (8802) the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285>, saying <0559> (8800), When ye are come <0935> (8800) to the brink <07097> of the water <04325> of Jordan <03383>, ye shall stand still <05975> (8799) in Jordan <03383>. |
3:9 | And Joshua <03091> said <0559> (8799) unto the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, Come hither <05066> (8798), and hear <08085> (8798) the words <01697> of the LORD <03068> your God <0430>. |
3:10 | And Joshua <03091> said <0559> (8799), Hereby ye shall know <03045> (8799) that the living <02416> God <0410> [is] among <07130> you, and [that] he will without fail <03423> (8687) drive out <03423> (8686) from before <06440> you the Canaanites <03669>, and the Hittites <02850>, and the Hivites <02340>, and the Perizzites <06522>, and the Girgashites <01622>, and the Amorites <0567>, and the Jebusites <02983>. |
3:11 | Behold, the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the Lord <0113> of all the earth <0776> passeth over <05674> (8802) before <06440> you into Jordan <03383>. |
3:12 | Now therefore take <03947> (8798) you twelve <08147> <06240> men <0376> out of the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>, out of every <0259> tribe <07626> a man <0376>. |
3:13 | And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles <03709> of the feet <07272> of the priests <03548> that bear <05375> (8802) the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>, the Lord <0113> of all the earth <0776>, shall rest <05117> (8800) in the waters <04325> of Jordan <03383>, [that] the waters <04325> of Jordan <03383> shall be cut off <03772> (8735) [from] the waters <04325> that come down <03381> (8802) from above <04605>; and they shall stand <05975> (8799) upon an <0259> heap <05067>. |
3:14 | And it came to pass, when the people <05971> removed <05265> (8800) from their tents <0168>, to pass over <05674> (8800) Jordan <03383>, and the priests <03548> bearing <05375> (8802) the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> before <06440> the people <05971>; |
3:15 | And as they that bare <05375> (8802) the ark <0727> were come <0935> (8800) unto Jordan <03383>, and the feet <07272> of the priests <03548> that bare <05375> (8802) the ark <0727> were dipped <02881> (8738) in the brim <07097> of the water <04325>, (for Jordan <03383> overfloweth <04390> (8804) all his banks <01415> all the time <03117> of harvest <07105>,) |
3:16 | That the waters <04325> which came down <03381> (8802) from above <04605> stood <05975> (8799) [and] rose up <06965> (8804) upon an <0259> heap <05067> very <03966> far <07368> (8687) from the city <05892> Adam <0121>, that [is] beside <06654> Zaretan <06891>: and those that came down <03381> (8802) toward the sea <03220> of the plain <06160>, [even] the salt <04417> sea <03220>, failed <08552> (8804), [and] were cut off <03772> (8738): and the people <05971> passed over <05674> (8804) right against Jericho <03405>. |
3:17 | And the priests <03548> that bare <05375> (8802) the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068> stood <05975> (8799) firm <03559> (8687) on dry ground <02724> in the midst <08432> of Jordan <03383>, and all the Israelites <03478> passed over <05674> (8802) on dry ground <02724>, until all the people <01471> were passed <05674> (0) clean <08552> (8804) over <05674> (8800) Jordan <03383>. |