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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Early the next morning Joshua and all the Israelites left Acacia Grove and arrived at the banks of the Jordan River, where they camped before crossing. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Three days later the Israelite officers went through the camp, |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3giving these instructions to the people: “When you see the Levitical priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD your God, move out from your positions and follow them. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Since you have never traveled this way before, they will guide you. Stay about half a mile behind them, keeping a clear distance between you and the Ark. Make sure you don’t come any closer.” |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Then Joshua told the people, “Purify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do great wonders among you.” |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6In the morning Joshua said to the priests, “Lift up the Ark of the Covenant and lead the people across the river.” And so they started out and went ahead of the people. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The LORD told Joshua, “Today I will begin to make you a great leader in the eyes of all the Israelites. They will know that I am with you, just as I was with Moses. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Give this command to the priests who carry the Ark of the Covenant: ‘When you reach the banks of the Jordan River, take a few steps into the river and stop there.’” |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9So Joshua told the Israelites, “Come and listen to what the LORD your God says. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Today you will know that the living God is among you. He will surely drive out the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites ahead of you. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Look, the Ark of the Covenant, which belongs to the Lord of the whole earth, will lead you across the Jordan River! |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13The priests will carry the Ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth. As soon as their feet touch the water, the flow of water will be cut off upstream, and the river will stand up like a wall.” |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14So the people left their camp to cross the Jordan, and the priests who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant went ahead of them. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15It was the harvest season, and the Jordan was overflowing its banks. But as soon as the feet of the priests who were carrying the Ark touched the water at the river’s edge, |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16the water above that point began backing up a great distance away at a town called Adam, which is near Zarethan. And the water below that point flowed on to the Dead Sea until the riverbed was dry. Then all the people crossed over near the town of Jericho. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Meanwhile, the priests who were carrying the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant stood on dry ground in the middle of the riverbed as the people passed by. They waited there until the whole nation of Israel had crossed the Jordan on dry ground. |
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