Joshua 3 Joshua got up early the next morning. Accompanied by all the Israelites, he set out from the Acacia groves and arrived at the Jordan River, where they encamped before crossing it.

VIN⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Joshua got up early the next morning. Accompanied by all the Israelites, he set out from the Acacia groves and arrived at the Jordan River, where they encamped before crossing it. ² After three days the officers went through the camp. ³ and they commanded the people, saying, "When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall move from your place, and follow it. ⁴ »You should keep a space of a thousand yards between you and the ark. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go: for you have not passed this way before.« ⁵ Joshua said to the people: "Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you." ⁶ And Joshua said to the priests, "Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over ahead of the people." And they took up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people. ⁷ And the LORD said to Joshua, Today, I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel so that they may know that I will be with you, as I was with Moses. ⁸ misvah the priests bearing the ark of the covenant, saying, When you come to the edge of the water of Yarden, stand still in Yarden. ⁹ And Joshua said to the Israelites, "Come here, 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 earth passes the Jordan before you. ¹² So then, take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. ¹³ "As soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the Ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, set foot in the Jordan the waters of Jordan shall be cut off and they shall stand in a heap." ¹⁴ When the people set out from their camp to cross the jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people and ¹⁵ As they carried the ark into the Jordan and the feet of the priests dipped into the water, for Jordan is at food stage at the time of harvest. ¹⁶ the waters flowing down from above stood still; they stood up in one heap very far from Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, while the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho. ¹⁷ The priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan. Then, all the people of Israel passed over the Jordan on dry ground.