Joshua:3-4
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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 .
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And it came to pass after three days ,
that the officers went through the host ;
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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 .
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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 .
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And Joshua said unto the people ,
Sanctify yourselves :
for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And Joshua said unto the children of Israel ,
Come hither ,
and hear the words of the LORD your God .
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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 .
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Behold ,
the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan .
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Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel ,
out of every tribe a man .
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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 .
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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 ;
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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 ,)
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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 .
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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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And it came to pass ,
when all the people were clean passed over Jordan ,
that the LORD spake unto Joshua ,
saying ,
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Take you twelve men out of the people ,
out of every tribe a man ,
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And command ye them ,
saying ,
Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan ,
out of the place where the priests '
feet stood firm ,
twelve stones ,
and ye shall carry them over with you ,
and leave them in the lodging place ,
where ye shall lodge this night .
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Then Joshua called the twelve men ,
whom he had prepared of the children of Israel ,
out of every tribe a man :
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And Joshua said unto them ,
Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan ,
and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder ,
according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel :
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That this may be a sign among you ,
that when your children ask their fathers in time to come ,
saying ,
What mean ye by these stones ?
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Then ye shall answer them ,
That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD ;
when it passed over Jordan ,
the waters of Jordan were cut off :
and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever .
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And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded ,
and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan ,
as the LORD spake unto Joshua ,
according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel ,
and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged ,
and laid them down there .
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And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan ,
in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood :
and they are there unto this day .
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For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan ,
until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people ,
according to all that Moses commanded Joshua :
and the people hasted and passed over .
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And it came to pass ,
when all the people were clean passed over ,
that the ark of the LORD passed over ,
and the priests ,
in the presence of the people .
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And the children of Reuben ,
and the children of Gad ,
and half the tribe of Manasseh ,
passed over armed before the children of Israel ,
as Moses spake unto them :
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About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle ,
to the plains of Jericho .
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On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel ;
and they feared him ,
as they feared Moses ,
all the days of his life .
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And the LORD spake unto Joshua ,
saying ,
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Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony ,
that they come up out of Jordan .
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Joshua therefore commanded the priests ,
saying ,
Come ye up out of Jordan .
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And it came to pass ,
when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan ,
and the soles of the priests '
feet were lifted up unto the dry land ,
that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place ,
and flowed over all his banks ,
as they did before .
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And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month ,
and encamped in Gilgal ,
in the east border of Jericho .
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And those twelve stones ,
which they took out of Jordan ,
did Joshua pitch in Gilgal .
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And he spake unto the children of Israel ,
saying ,
When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come ,
saying ,
What mean these stones ?
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Then ye shall let your children know ,
saying ,
Israel came over this Jordan on dry land .
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For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you ,
until ye were passed over ,
as the LORD your God did to the Red sea ,
which he dried up from before us ,
until we were gone over :
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That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD ,
that it is mighty :
that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever .
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And it came to pass ,
when all the kings of the Amorites ,
which were on the side of Jordan westward ,
and all the kings of the Canaanites ,
which were by the sea ,
heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel ,
until we were passed over ,
that their heart melted ,
neither was there spirit in them any more ,
because of the children of Israel .
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