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And Joshua rose early in the morning ;
and they removed from Shittim ,
and came to (
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Which according to the Hebrews was in March ,
about 40 days after Moses '
death .(:
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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 (
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Which was given to prepare food (
Jos_1
:11 ).(:
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three days ,
that the officers went through the host ;
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And commanded the people ,
saying ,
When ye see the Arke of the couenat of the Lord your God ,
and the Priestes of the Leuites bearing it ,
ye shall depart from your place ,
and goe after it .
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Yet there shalbe a space betweene you and it ,
about two thousande cubites by measure :
ye shall not come neere vnto it ,
that ye may knowe the way ,
by the which ye shall goe :
for ye haue not gone this way in times past .
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Nowe Ioshua had saide vnto the people ,
Sanctifie your selues :
for to morowe the Lord will doe wonders among you )
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Also Ioshua spake vnto the Priestes ,
saying ,
Take vp the Arke of the couenant ,
and goe ouer before the people :
so they tooke vp the Arke of the couenant , &
amp ;
went before the people .
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Then the Lorde saide vnto Ioshua ,
This day will I begin to magnifie thee in the sight of all Israel ,
which shall knowe ,
that as I was with Moses ,
so will I 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 (
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Even in the channel where the stream had run , (
Jos_3
:17 )(:
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in Jordan .
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Then Ioshua said vnto the children of Israel ,
Come hither ,
and heare the wordes of the Lord your God .
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And Joshua said , (
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By this miracle in dividing the water .(:
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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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Beholde ,
the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde of all the worlde passeth before you into Iorden .
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Now therefore take you (
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Who would set up twelve stones in remembrance of the benefit .(:
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twelve men out of the tribes of Israel ,
out of every tribe a man .
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And assoone as the soles of the feete of the Priestes (
that beare the Arke of the Lorde God the Lorde of all the worlde )
shall stay in the waters of Iorden ,
the waters of Iorden shall be cut off :
for the waters that come from aboue ,
shall stande still vpon an heape .
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Then when the people were departed from their tentes to goe ouer Iorden ,
the Priestes bearing the Arke of the Couenant ,
went before 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 (
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Because the river was accustomed at this time to be full ,
the miracle is so much greater .(:
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banks all the time of harvest ,)
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Then the waters that came downe from aboue ,
stayed and rose vpon an heape and departed farre from the citie of Adam ,
that was beside Zaretan :
but the waters that came downe towarde the Sea of the wildernes ,
euen the salt Sea ,
failed ,
and were cut off :
so the people went right ouer against Iericho .
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And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood (
note :)
Either tarrying till the people were past ,
or as some read ,
sure ,
as though they had been on dry land .(:
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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 when all the people were wholy gone ouer Iorden , (
after the Lord had spoken vnto Ioshua ,
saying ,
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Take you twelue me out of the people ,
out of euery 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 (
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As in (
Jos_3
:17 ).(:
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firm ,
twelve stones ,
and ye shall carry them over with you ,
and leave them in the Meaning ,
the place where they would camp .
lodging place ,
where ye shall lodge this night .
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Then Ioshua called the twelue men ,
whome he had prepared of the children of Israel ,
out of euery tribe a man ,
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And Ioshua said vnto them ,
Go ouer before the Arke of the Lorde your God ,
euen through the middes of Iorden ,
and take vp euery man of you a stone vpon his shoulder acccording vnto the nomber of the tribes of the children of Israel ,
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That this may be a sign among you , [
that ]
when your (
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God commands that not only we ourselves profit by this wonderful work ,
but that our posterity may know the cause of it ,
and glorify his Name .(:
note )
children ask [
their fathers ]
in time to come ,
saying ,
What [
mean ]
ye by these stones ?
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Then ye may answere them ,
That the waters of Iorden were cut off before the Arke of the couenant of the Lord :
for when it passed through Iorden ,
the waters of Iorden were cut off :
therefore these stones are a memoriall vnto the children of Israel for euer .
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Then ye children of Israel did euen so as Ioshua had commanded , &
amp ;
tooke vp twelue stones out of the mids of Iorden as ye Lord had said vnto Ioshua ,
according to the nomber of the tribes of the children of Israel , &
amp ;
caried them away with them vnto the lodging , &
amp ;
layd them down there .
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And Joshua set up (
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Besides the twelve stones that were carried by the tribes and set up in Gilgal .(:
note )
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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So the Priests ,
which bare ye Arke ,
stoode in the middes of Iorden ,
vntill euery thing was finished that ye Lorde had comanded Ioshua to say vnto the people ,
according to all that Moses charged Ioshua :
then the people hasted &
amp ;
went ouer .
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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 , (
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Meaning ,
in the presence or sight of the people .(:
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in the presence of the people .
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And the sonnes of Reuben , &
amp ;
the sonnes of Gad ,
and halfe the tribe of Manasseh went ouer before the children of Israel armed ,
as Moses had charged them .
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About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the (
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That is ,
before the Ark .(:
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LORD unto battle ,
to the plains of Jericho .
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That day the Lord magnified Ioshua in the sight of all Israel ,
and they feared him ,
as they feared Moses all dayes of his life .
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And the Lord spake vnto Ioshua ,
saying ,
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Command the priests that bear the (
note :)
Because the ark testified God '
s presence ,
and the tables of the Law contained in it signified God '
s will toward his people .(:
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ark of the testimony ,
that they come up out of Jordan .
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Ioshua therefore commanded the Priests ,
saying ,
Come ye vp out of Iorden .
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And when the Priests that bare the Arke of the couenant of ye Lorde were come vp out of the middes of Iorden ,
and assoone as the soles of the Priests feete were set on the dry land ,
the waters of Iorde returned vnto their place , &
amp ;
flowed ouer all the bankes thereof ,
as they did before .
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And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth [
day ]
of the (
note :)
Called Abib or Nisan ,
containing part of March and part of April .(:
note )
first month ,
and encamped in Gilgal ,
in the east border of Jericho .
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Also the twelue stones ,
which they tooke out of Iorden ,
did Ioshua pitch in Gilgal .
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And he spake vnto ye childre of Israel ,
saying ,
When your children shall aske their fathers in time to come , &
amp ;
say ,
What meane these stones ?
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Then ye shall shew your children ,
and say ,
Israel came ouer this Iorden on dry land :
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For the Lord your God dryed vp ye waters of Iorden before you ,
vntill ye were gone ouer ,
as the Lord your God did the red Sea ,
which hee dryed vp before vs ,
till we were gone ouer ,
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That all the people of the (
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God '
s benefits serve as a further condemnation to the wicked ,
and stir up his own to reverence and obey him .(:
note )
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 (
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The Amorites were on both sides of Jordan ,
of which two kings were slain already on the side toward Moab .(:
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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 .