Joshua:3

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* Joshua rose early in the morning . They left Shittim for Jordan . He and all the children of Israel lodged there before they crossed over . * After three days the officers went through the camp . * They commanded the people , saying : »When you see the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah your God , and the priests the Levites bearing it , you should leave here and follow it . * »You should keep a space of a thousand yards between you and the ark . Do not come near it , that you may know the way by which you must go : for you have not passed this way before .« * Joshua said to the people : »Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow Jehovah will do amazing things among you .« * Joshua spoke to the priests : »Take up the Ark of the Covenant , and pass over before the people .« So they took the Ark of the Covenant and went before the people . * Jehovah said to Joshua : »This day will I begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel . Now they may know that , as I was with Moses , so I will be with you . * »You will command the priests that bear the Ark of the Covenant , saying : ‘When you come to the shore of the Jordan River you will stand still in the Jordan .’« * Joshua said to the children of Israel : »Come here and hear the words of Jehovah your God .« * Joshua said : »By this you shall know 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 . * »The Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah the God of all the earth passed over before you into Jordan . * »Take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel . * »As soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the Ark of Jehovah , the Lord of all the earth , set foot in the Jordan the waters of Jordan shall be cut off and they shall stand in a heap .« * When the people set out from their camp to cross the Jordan , and the priests bearing the Ark of the Covenant before the people and * As they carried the ark into the Jordan and the feet of the priests dipped into the water , for Jordan is at food stage at the time of harvest . * The waters stood and rose up upon a heap very far from the city Adam that is beside Zaretan . The waters that came down toward the sea of the plain , even the salt sea , failed , and were cut off . The people passed over the Jericho . * The priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan River . All the Israelites passed over the Jordan River on dry ground .

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