Context 5Then Joshua said to the people, Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you. 6And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over ahead of the people. So they took up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people. 7Now the LORD said to Joshua, This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you. 8You shall, moreover, command the priests who are carrying the ark of the covenant, saying, When you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan. 9Then Joshua said to the sons of Israel, Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God. 10Joshua said, By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will assuredly dispossess from before you the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite. 11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing over ahead of you into the Jordan. 12Now then, take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe. 13It shall come about when the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, and the waters which are flowing down from above will stand in one heap. 14So when the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan with the priests carrying the ark of the covenant before the people, 15and when those who carried the ark came into the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the ark were dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest), 16the waters which were flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap, a great distance away at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those which were flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho. 17And the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan while all Israel crossed on dry ground, until all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Jehovah will do wonders among you. Douay-Rheims Bible And Josue said to the people: Be ye sanctified: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you. Darby Bible Translation And Joshua said to the people, Hallow yourselves; for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders in your midst. English Revised Version And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you. Webster's Bible Translation And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to-morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. World English Bible Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders among you." Young's Literal Translation And Joshua saith unto the people, 'Sanctify yourselves, for to-morrow doth Jehovah do in your midst wonders.' Library 'The Waters Saw Thee; they were Afraid''And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you. 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. 7. 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. 8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Meeting Hereafter. Adam and Zaretan, Joshua 3 The New Leaders Commission The Charge to the Soldier of the Lord Stones Crying Out Some Miscellaneous Matters Belonging to the Country About Jericho. Joshua Links Joshua 3:5 NIV • Joshua 3:5 NLT • Joshua 3:5 ESV • Joshua 3:5 NASB • Joshua 3:5 KJV • Joshua 3:5 Bible Apps • Joshua 3:5 Parallel • Bible Hub |