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| 3:1 | 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. |
| 3:2 | And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host; |
| 3:3 | 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. |
| 3:4 | 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. |
| 3:5 | And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. |
| 3:6 | 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. |
| 3:7 | 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. |
| 3:8 | 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. |
| 3:9 | And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God. |
| 3:10 | 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. |
| 3:11 | Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan. |
| 3:12 | Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. |
| 3:13 | 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. |
| 3:14 | 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; |
| 3:15 | 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,) |
| 3:16 | 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. |
| 3:17 | 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. |
| 3:1 | וישׁכם יהושׁע בבקר ויסעו מהשׁטים ויבאו עד הירדן הוא וכל בני ישׂראל וילנו שׁם טרם יעברו׃ |
| 3:2 | ויהי מקצה שׁלשׁת ימים ויעברו השׁטרים בקרב המחנה׃ |
| 3:3 | ויצוו את העם לאמר כראותכם את ארון ברית יהוה אלהיכם והכהנים הלוים נשׂאים אתו ואתם תסעו ממקומכם והלכתם אחריו׃ |
| 3:4 | אך רחוק יהיה ביניכם ובינו כאלפים אמה במדה אל תקרבו אליו למען אשׁר תדעו את הדרך אשׁר תלכו בה כי לא עברתם בדרך מתמול שׁלשׁום׃ |
| 3:5 | ויאמר יהושׁע אל העם התקדשׁו כי מחר יעשׂה יהוה בקרבכם נפלאות׃ |
| 3:6 | ויאמר יהושׁע אל הכהנים לאמר שׂאו את ארון הברית ועברו לפני העם וישׂאו את ארון הברית וילכו לפני העם׃ |
| 3:7 | ויאמר יהוה אל יהושׁע היום הזה אחל גדלך בעיני כל ישׂראל אשׁר ידעון כי כאשׁר הייתי עם משׁה אהיה עמך׃ |
| 3:8 | ואתה תצוה את הכהנים נשׂאי ארון הברית לאמר כבאכם עד קצה מי הירדן בירדן תעמדו׃ |
| 3:9 | ויאמר יהושׁע אל בני ישׂראל גשׁו הנה ושׁמעו את דברי יהוה אלהיכם׃ |
| 3:10 | ויאמר יהושׁע בזאת תדעון כי אל חי בקרבכם והורשׁ יורישׁ מפניכם את הכנעני ואת החתי ואת החוי ואת הפרזי ואת הגרגשׁי והאמרי והיבוסי׃ |
| 3:11 | הנה ארון הברית אדון כל הארץ עבר לפניכם בירדן׃ |
| 3:12 | ועתה קחו לכם שׁני עשׂר אישׁ משׁבטי ישׂראל אישׁ אחד אישׁ אחד לשׁבט׃ |
| 3:13 | והיה כנוח כפות רגלי הכהנים נשׂאי ארון יהוה אדון כל הארץ במי הירדן מי הירדן יכרתון המים הירדים מלמעלה ויעמדו נד אחד׃ |
| 3:14 | ויהי בנסע העם מאהליהם לעבר את הירדן והכהנים נשׂאי הארון הברית לפני העם׃ |
| 3:15 | וכבוא נשׂאי הארון עד הירדן ורגלי הכהנים נשׂאי הארון נטבלו בקצה המים והירדן מלא על כל גדותיו כל ימי קציר׃ |
| 3:16 | ויעמדו המים הירדים מלמעלה קמו נד אחד הרחק מאד באדם העיר אשׁר מצד צרתן והירדים על ים הערבה ים המלח תמו נכרתו והעם עברו נגד יריחו׃ |
| 3:17 | ויעמדו הכהנים נשׂאי הארון ברית יהוה בחרבה בתוך הירדן הכן וכל ישׂראל עברים בחרבה עד אשׁר תמו כל הגוי לעבר את הירדן׃ |
| 3:1 | And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and they journey from Shittim, and come in unto the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and they lodge there before they pass over. |
| 3:2 | And it cometh to pass, at the end of three days, that the authorities pass over into the midst of the camp, |
| 3:3 | and command the people, saying, `When ye see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it, then ye journey from your place, and have gone after it; |
| 3:4 | only, a distance is between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; ye do not come near unto it, so that ye know the way in which ye go, for ye have not passed over in the way heretofore.' |
| 3:5 | And Joshua saith unto the people, `Sanctify yourselves, for to-morrow doth Jehovah do in your midst wonders.' |
| 3:6 | And Joshua speaketh unto the priests, saying, `Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people;' and they take up the ark of the covenant, and go before the people. |
| 3:7 | And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `This day I begin to make thee great in the eyes of all Israel, so that they know that as I was with Moses I am with thee; |
| 3:8 | and thou, thou dost command the priests bearing the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye come unto the extremity of the waters of the Jordan -- in the Jordan ye stand.' |
| 3:9 | And Joshua saith unto the sons of Israel, `Come nigh hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God; |
| 3:10 | and Joshua saith, `By this ye know that the living God `is' in your midst, and He doth certainly dispossess from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite: |
| 3:11 | lo, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing over before you into Jordan; |
| 3:12 | and now, take for you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man -- one man for a tribe; |
| 3:13 | and it hath been, at the resting of the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of Jehovah, Lord of all the earth, in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan are cut off -- the waters which are coming down from above -- and they stand -- one heap.' |
| 3:14 | And it cometh to pass, in the journeying of the people from their tents to pass over the Jordan, and of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people, |
| 3:15 | and at those bearing the ark coming in unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark have been dipped in the extremity of the waters (and the Jordan is full over all its banks all the days of harvest) -- |
| 3:16 | that the waters stand; those coming down from above have risen -- one heap, very far above Adam the city, which `is' at the side of Zaretan; and those going down by the sea of the plain, the Salt Sea, have been completely cut off; and the people have passed through over-against Jericho; |
| 3:17 | and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stand on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan -- established, and all Israel are passing over on dry ground till that all the nation hath completed to pass over the Jordan. |
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