Bible verses about "jordan" | MSTC

¹⁰ I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and truth which thou hast showed unto thy servant. For with my staff came I over this Jordan, and now have I gotten two droves.

¹ And as soon as the people were all gone over Jordan, the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, ² "Take you twelve men out of the people, of every tribe a man. ³ And command you them, saying, 'Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, even out of the place where the priests stood in a readiness, twelve stones. And take ye them away with you and put them in the place where you lodge at night.'" ⁴ And Joshua called unto the twelve men which he had prepared of the children of Israel, of every tribe a man, ⁵ and said unto them, "Get you before the ark of the LORD your God, even into the midst of Jordan, and take up every man a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, ⁶ that this may be a sign among you. And when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What mean ye with these stones?' ⁷ Then say unto them, 'How that the water of Jordan divided at the presence of the ark of the covenant of the LORD: even while it went over Jordan, the water of Jordan divided.' And these stones shall be a memorial unto the children of Israel forever." ⁸ And the children of Israel did even so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD said unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them away with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. ⁹ And thereto Joshua set up 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 there they be, even unto this day. ¹⁰ For the priests that bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until all was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to say unto the people, according to all that Moses charged Joshua. And the people hasted and went over. ¹¹ When all the people were clean over, then went over the ark of the LORD, and also the priests before the people. ¹² And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh went before the children of Israel, armed, as Moses charged them. ¹³ About forty thousand, trimmed for war, went before the LORD unto battle; even unto the wild fields of Jericho. ¹⁴ That day, the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel. And they feared him, as they feared Moses all the days of his life. ¹⁵ And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, ¹⁶ "Command the priests that bear the ark of witness to come up out of Jordan." ¹⁷ And Joshua commanded the priests, saying, "Ascend up out of Jordan." ¹⁸ And when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were ascended out of Jordan — as soon as the soles of the priests' feet were brought to dry land — the water of Jordan returned again to his place and went over all his banks as he did before. ¹⁹ And the people came up out of Jordan the tenth day of the first month and pitched in Gilgal even in the east borders of Jericho. ²⁰ And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua pitched in Gilgal. ²¹ And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, "When your children ask you in time to come saying, 'What mean these stones?' ²² Show your children and say, 'Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.' ²³ For the LORD your God dried up the water of Jordan before you, until ye were over, as the LORD your God did unto the reed sea, which he dried up before us till we were over; ²⁴ that all the people of the world may know the hand of the LORD how mighty it is, and that ye might fear the LORD your God forever."

¹⁵ as soon as they that bare the ark came unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water — Jordan being full over all his banks all the time of harvest -

²² Then David arose and all the people that were with him, and they were come over Jordan by that it was day, that there lacked not one of them that was not come over Jordan.

⁹ And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth, a city of Galilee, and was baptised of John in Jordan.

¹ And Joshua rose early. And they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, both he and all the children of Israel, and sojourned there before they went over. ² And after three days the officers went throughout the host, ³ and commanded the people, saying, "When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests that are Levites bearing it: then depart ye from your places and follow after it. ⁴ So yet that there be a space between you and it, about a two thousand cubits by measure. And come not nigh unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not gone by it in times past." ⁵ And Joshua said unto the people, "Purify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD shall show wonders among you." ⁶ Then Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and go 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 how that as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee. ⁸ And command thou the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, 'When ye are entered a little into the water of Jordan then stand still in it.'" ⁹ Then spake Joshua to the children of Israel, saying, "Come hither and hear the words of the LORD your God." ¹⁰ And Joshua said, "Hereby ye shall know, that the living God is among you, and that he will, without fail, cast out before you the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perezites, the Gergesites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites. ¹¹ Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the world shall go before you into Jordan. ¹² And now take you twelve men of the children of Israel, of every tribe a man. ¹³ And as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of Jehovah — the Lord of all the world — tread in the water of Jordan, the water of Jordan shall divide itself and the waters that cometh from above shall stand still upon a heap." ¹⁴ And when the people were departed from their tents to go over Jordan — the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people - ¹⁵ as soon as they that bare the ark came unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water — Jordan being full over all his banks all the time of harvest - ¹⁶ the water that came down from above did stop; and stood upon a heap, a great way from Adam, a city beside Zarethan. And the water that went down vanished into the sea of the wilderness called the salt sea as soon as it was divided: and the people went right over against Jericho. ¹⁷ And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood still upon dry land, until all the people were clean over Jordan.

⁵ "Seeing thou art weary in running with the footmen, how wilt thou then run with the horses? In a peaceable sure land thou mayest be safe, but how wilt thou do in the furious pride of Jordan?

³ The sea saw that, and fled, Jordan turned back.

¹⁰ Then Elisha sent a messenger, saying, "Go and wash thee in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee as before, and thou shalt be clean." ¹¹ And Naaman was wroth and went away, and said, "Behold, I thought in myself, he would have come out, and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and put his hand on the place of the disease, and so take away the leprosy. ¹² Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Might I not rather wash in them and be clean?" And so he turned and departed in an anger. ¹³ Then came his servants and communed with him, and said, "Father if the prophet had bid thee done some great thing, oughtest thou not to have done it? How much rather then shouldest thou do it, while he sayeth to thee only, 'Wash and be clean?'" ¹⁴ Then he went down and washed seven times in Jordan, as the man of God bade, and his flesh changed, like unto the flesh of a little boy, and he was clean.

¹³ Then came Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptised of him.