Joshua:3-4

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* So then Joshua rose early in the morning , and they brake up from The Acacias and came as far as the Jordan , he and all the sons of Israel , and they lodged there before they passed over . * And it came to pass , after three days , that the officers went through the midst of the camp , * and commanded the people saying , When ye see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God , and , the priests the Levites , bearing it , ye also , shall break up out of your place , and come after it . * Yet shall there be , a distance , between you and it , about two thousand cubits by measure , do not come near unto it that ye may get to know the way by which ye must go , for ye have not passed this way , heretofore . * Then said Joshua unto the people , Hallow yourselves , for , to-morrow , will Yahweh do in your midst , wonderful things . * And Joshua spake unto the priests , saying , Take ye up the ark of the covenant , and pass on before the people . So they took up the ark of the covenant , and went on before the people . * Then said Yahweh unto Joshua : This day , will I begin to magnify thee in the eyes of all Israel , who shall know , that , as I was with Moses , I will be with thee . * Thou , therefore , shalt command the priests who am bearing the ark of the covenant , saying , When ye are come as far as the edge of the waters of the Jordan , in the Jordan , shall ye stand . * Then said Joshua , unto the sons of Israel , Draw near hither , and hear ye the words of Yahweh your God . * And Joshua said , Hereby , shall ye know , that a Living GOD is in your midst , and that he will , 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 . * Lo ! the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth , is about to pass before you into the Jordan . * Now , therefore , take you twelve men , out of the tribes of Israel , one man severally for each tribe ; * and it shall be , when the soles of the feet of the priests who are bearing the ark of Yahweh , Lord of all the earth , do rest , in the waters of the Jordan , the waters of the Jordan , shall be cut off , the waters that are coming down from above , and shall stand in one mound . * And it came to pass , when the people set out from their tents , to cross the Jordan , with the priests , bearing the ark of the covenant before the people , * then , as the bearers of the ark came as far as the Jordan , and , the feet of the priests who were bearing the ark , were dipped in the edge of the waters , the Jordan being full over all his banks , all the days of harvest , * that the waters which were coming down from above , stoodrose up in one mound , a great way off , by the city Adam , which is beside Zarethan , and , they which were going down to the sea of the waste plain , the salt sea , failedwere cut off , and , the people , passed over , right against Jericho . * And the priests who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh , stood on dry ground , in the midst of the Jordan , with firm footing , while all Israel were passing over on dry ground , until all the nation had made an end of passing over the Jordan . * And it came to pass , when all the nation had made an end of passing over the Jordan , that Yahweh slake unto Joshua , saying : * Take unto you , from among the people , twelve men , one man severally from each tribe ; * and command ye them , saying , Take you up from hence , out of the midst of the Jordan , from the place where stood the feet of the priests with firm footing , twelve stones ; and carry them over with you , and lay them down in the lodging-place where ye shall lodge , tonight . * So Joshua called unto the twelve men whom he had made ready , from among the sons of Israel , one man severally out of each tribe ; * and Joshua said unto them : Pass ye over , before the ark of Yahweh your God , into the midst of the Jordan , and lift ye up , each man one stone upon his shoulder , according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel : * that this may be a sign in your midst , for your sons will ask in time to come , saying , What mean these stones to you ? * Then shall ye say unto them That the waters of the Jordan , were cut off , from before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh , when it passed into the Jordan , the waters of the Jordan , were cut off . So shall these stones become a memorial unto the sons of Israel , unto times age-abiding . * And the sons of Israel did so , as Joshua commanded , and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan , as spake Yahweh unto Joshua , according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel , and carried them with them unto the place where they lodged , and laid them down there . * Twelve stones also , did Joshua set up in the midst of the Jordan , in the place where stood the feet of the priests who were bearing the ark of the covenant , and they have remained there until this day . * Now , the priests who were bearing the ark , continued standing in the midst of the Jordan , until everything was finished which Yahweh commanded Joshua , to speak unto the people , according to all that Moses commanded Joshua , the people therefore hasted , and passed over . * And so it was , as soon as all the people had made an end of passing over , then passed over the ark of Yahweh , and the priests , in presence of the people . * Also the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the hall tribe of Manasseh , passed over , armed , before the sons of Israel , as Moses had spoken unto them : * about forty thousand , equipped for the war , passed over before Yahweh , to battle , into the waste plains of Jericho . * On that day , did Yahweh magnify Joshua in the eyes of all Israel , and they revered him , as they revered Moses , all the days of his life . * Then spake Yahweh unto Joshua , saying : * Command the priests who are bearing the ark of testimony , that they come up out of the Jordan . * So Joshua commanded the priests , saying , Come ye up out of the Jordan . * And it came to pass , when the priests who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came up out of the midst of the Jordan , and the soles of the feet of the priests were withdrawn unto the dry ground , then returned the waters of the Jordan unto their place , and went , as before , over all his banks . * So , the people , came up out of the Jordan , on the tenth of the first month , and encamped in Gilgal , at the eastern end of Jericho . * And , these twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan , did Joshua set up , in Gilgal . * Then spake he unto the sons of Israel , saying , When your sons shall ask , in time to come , of their fathers , saying , What mean these stones ? * then shall ye let your sons know , saying , On dry ground , came Israel over this Jordan ; * in that Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan , from before you , until ye had passed over , as Yahweh your God had done unto the Red Sea , which he dried up from before us , until we had passed over : * that all the peoples of the earth might know the hand of Yahweh , that , firm , it is ; that they might revere Yahweh your God , all the days . * And it came to pass , when all the kings of the Amorites who were over the Jordan westward , and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea , heard how that Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan , from before the sons of Israel , until they had passed over , that their heart melted , and there was no spirit in them any more , because of the sons of Israel .

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