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Joshua 3 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Israel Crosses the Jordan

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Then Joshua got up early in the morning; and he and all the sons of Israel set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, and they spent the night there before they crossed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:2 - Then at the end of three days the officers went through the midst of the camp;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:3 - and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God with the Levitical priests carrying it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - “However, there shall be a distance between you and it of about [fn]two thousand cubits by measurement. Do not come near it, so that you may know the way by which you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.”

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Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do miracles among you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:6 - And 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.

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Now the LORD said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so that they will know that just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:8 - “So you shall 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.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:9 - Then Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:10 - And Joshua said, “By this you will know that the living God is among you, and that He will assuredly drive out from you the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:11 - “Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing over ahead of you into the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:12 - “Now then, take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:13 - “And it will 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, that is, the waters which are [fn]flowing down from above; and they will stand in one heap.”

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So when the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan, with the priests carrying the ark of the covenant before the people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:15 - and when those who were carrying the ark came up to the Jordan and the feet of the priests carrying the ark [fn]stepped down into the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest),

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - then the waters which were [fn]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 [fn]flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:17 - And 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.
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NASB20 Footnotes
About 3,000 ft. or 914 m
Lit going
Lit were dipped in
Lit going
Lit going
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Joshua Chapter 3 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras