And Joshua [03091] rose early [07925] in the morning [01242]; and they removed [05265] from Shittim [07851], and came [0935] to Jordan [03383], he and all the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and lodged [03885] there before they passed over [05674].
And it came to pass after [07097] three [07969] days [03117], that the officers [07860] went [05674] through [07130] the host [04264];
And they commanded [06680] the people [05971], saying [0559], When ye see [07200] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the Lord [03068] your God [0430], and the priests [03548] the Levites [03881] bearing [05375] it, then ye shall remove [05265] from your place [04725], and go [01980] after [0310] it.
Yet there shall be a space [07350] between you and it, about two thousand [0505] cubits [0520] by measure [04060]: come not near [07126] unto it, that ye may know [03045] the way [01870] by which ye must go [03212]: for ye have not passed [05674] this way [01870] heretofore [08032] [08543].heretofore: Heb. since yesterday, and the third day
And Joshua [03091] said [0559] unto the people [05971], Sanctify [06942] yourselves: for to morrow [04279] the Lord [03068] will do [06213] wonders [06381] among [07130] you.
And Joshua [03091] spake [0559] unto the priests [03548], saying [0559], Take up [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285], and pass over [05674] before [06440] the people [05971]. And they took up [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285], and went [03212] before [06440] the people [05971].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Joshua [03091], This day [03117] will I begin [02490] to magnify [01431] thee in the sight [05869] of all Israel [03478], that they may know [03045] that, as I was with Moses [04872], so I will be with thee.
And thou shalt command [06680] the priests [03548] that bear [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285], saying [0559], When ye are come [0935] to the brink [07097] of the water [04325] of Jordan [03383], ye shall stand still [05975] in Jordan [03383].
And Joshua [03091] said [0559] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], Come hither [05066], and hear [08085] the words [01697] of the Lord [03068] your God [0430].
And Joshua [03091] said [0559], Hereby ye shall know [03045] that the living [02416] God [0410] is among [07130] you, and that he will without fail [03423] drive out [03423] from before [06440] you the Canaanites [03669], and the Hittites [02850], and the Hivites [02340], and the Perizzites [06522], and the Girgashites [01622], and the Amorites [0567], and the Jebusites [02983].
Behold, the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the Lord [0113] of all the earth [0776] passeth over [05674] before [06440] you into Jordan [03383].
Now therefore take [03947] you twelve [06240] [08147] men [0376] out of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], out of every [0259] tribe [07626] a man [0376].
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles [03709] of the feet [07272] of the priests [03548] that bear [05375] the ark [0727] of the Lord [03068], the Lord [0113] of all the earth [0776], shall rest [05117] in the waters [04325] of Jordan [03383], that the waters [04325] of Jordan [03383] shall be cut off [03772] from the waters [04325] that come down [03381] from above [04605]; and they shall stand [05975] upon an [0259] heap [05067].
And it came to pass, when the people [05971] removed [05265] from their tents [0168], to pass over [05674] Jordan [03383], and the priests [03548] bearing [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] before [06440] the people [05971];
And as they that bare [05375] the ark [0727] were come [0935] unto Jordan [03383], and the feet [07272] of the priests [03548] that bare [05375] the ark [0727] were dipped [02881] in the brim [07097] of the water [04325], (for Jordan [03383] overfloweth [04390] all his banks [01415] all the time [03117] of harvest [07105],)
That the waters [04325] which came down [03381] from above [04605] stood [05975] and rose up [06965] upon an [0259] heap [05067] very [03966] far [07368] from the city [05892] Adam [0121], that is beside [06654] Zaretan [06891]: and those that came down [03381] toward the sea [03220] of the plain [06160], even the salt [04417] sea [03220], failed [08552], and were cut off [03772]: and the people [05971] passed over [05674] right against Jericho [03405].
And the priests [03548] that bare [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the Lord [03068] stood [05975] firm [03559] on dry ground [02724] in the midst [08432] of Jordan [03383], and all the Israelites [03478] passed over [05674] on dry ground [02724], until all the people [01471] were passed [05674] clean [08552] over [05674] Jordan [03383].