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And Joshua rose early in the morning ; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan , he and all the children of Israel , and lodged there before they passed over.
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And it came to pass after three days , that the officers went through the host;
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And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God , and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place , and go after it.
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Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure : come not near to it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go : for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
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And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to-morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
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And Joshua spoke to the priests , saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
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And the LORD said to Joshua , This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel , that they may know that as I was with Moses , so I will be with thee.
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And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye have come to the brink of the water of Jordan , ye shall stand still in Jordan .
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And Joshua said to the children of Israel , Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God .
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And Joshua said , By this ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites , and the Hivites , and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites , and the Amorites, and the Jebusites .
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Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan .
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Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel , out of every tribe a man .
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And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD , the LORD of all the earth , shall rest in the waters of Jordan , that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in a heap.
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And it came to pass , when the people removed from their tents to pass over Jordan , and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
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And as they that bore the ark had come to Jordan , and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the brim of the water , (for Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest ,)
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That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far from the city Adam , that is beside Zaretan; and those that came down towards the sea of the plain , even the salt sea , failed, and were cut off : and the people passed over right against Jericho .
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And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan , and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground , until all the people had passed quite over Jordan .