3:1 And Joshua rose up early in the morning,
and departed from Sattin; and they came as far as Jordan, and lodged there
before they crossed over.
3:2 And it came to pass after three days, [that] the scribes went through
the camp;
3:3 and they charged the people, saying, When ye shall see the ark of the
covenant of Yehovah our Elohim, and our priests and the Levites bearing it, ye
shall depart from your places, and ye shall go after it.
3:4 But let there be a distance between you and it; ye shall stand as much
as two thousand cubits [from it]. Do not draw nigh to it, that ye may know
the way which ye are to go; for ye have not gone the way before.
3:5 And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow,
for to-morrow Yehovah will do wonders among you.
3:6 And Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the covenant of the
Lord, and go before the people: and the priests took up the ark of the
covenant of Yehovah, and went before the people.
3:7 And Yehovah said to Joshua, This day do I begin to exalt thee before
all the children of Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so
will I also be with thee.
3:8 And now charge the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, As
soon as ye shall enter on a part of the water of Jordan, then ye shall stand
in Jordan.
3:9 And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come hither, and hearken to
the word of Yehovah our Elohim.
3:10 Hereby ye shall know that the living Elohim [is] among you, and will
utterly destroy from before our face the Canaanite, and the Chettite and
Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Amorite, and the Gergesite, and the
Jebusite.
3:11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of Yehovah of all the earth passes
over Jordan.
3:12 Choose for yourselves twelve men of the sons of Israel, one of each
tribe.
3:13 And it shall come to pass, when the feet of the priests that bear the
ark of the covenant of Yehovah of the whole earth rest in the water of
Jordan, the water of Jordan [below] shall fail, and the water coming down
from above shall stop.
3:14 And the people removed from their tents to cross over Jordan, and the
priests bore the ark of the covenant of Yehovah before the people.
3:15 And when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of Yehovah
entered upon Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark of the
covenant of Yehovah were dipped in part of the water of Jordan; (now Jordan
overflowed all its banks about the time of wheat harvest:)
3:16 then the waters that came down from above stopped; there stood one
solid heap very far off, as far as the region of Kariathiarim, and the lower
part came down to the sea of Araba, the salt sea, till it completely failed;
and the people stood opposite Jericho.
3:17 And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of Yehovah stood on
dry land in the midst of Jordan; and all the children of Israel went through
on dry land, until all the people had completely gone over Jordan. |
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 Yehovah your Elohim, 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
Yehovah 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 Yehovah 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 Yehovah your Elohim.
3:10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living Elohim 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 Yehovah 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 Yehovah, Yehovah 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 Yehovah 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. |