Joshua 3

¹ And JoshuaJoshua roserose earlyearly in the morningmorning; and they removedremoved from Shittim, and camecame to JordanJordan, he and all the childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael, and lodged there before they passedpassed over.

² And it came to passcame to pass after threethree daysdays, that the officers went through the host;

³ And they commandedcommanded the people, saying, When ye seesee the arkark of the covenant of the LORDthe LORD your GodGod, and the priestspriests the Levites bearingbearing it, then ye shall removeremove from your placeplace, and go aftergo after it.

⁴ Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousandthousand cubits by measuremeasure: come not nearnear to it, that ye may knowknow the wayway by which ye must gogo: for ye have not passedpassed this wayway heretofore.

⁵ And JoshuaJoshua saidsaid to the people, SanctifySanctify yourselves: for to-morrowmorrow the LORDthe LORD will do wonders among you.

⁶ And JoshuaJoshua spokespoke to the priestspriests, saying, Take up the arkark of the covenant, and passpass over beforebefore the people. And they took up the arkark of the covenant, and went beforewent before the people.

⁷ And the LORDthe LORD saidsaid to JoshuaJoshua, This dayday will I begin to magnify thee in the sightsight of all IsraelIsrael, that they may knowknow that as I was with MosesMoses, so I will be with thee.

⁸ And thou shalt commandcommand the priestspriests that bearbear the arkark of the covenant, saying, When ye have comecome to the brink of the waterwater of JordanJordan, ye shall standstand still in JordanJordan.

⁹ And JoshuaJoshua saidsaid to the childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael, Come hither, and hearhear the wordswords of the LORDthe LORD your GodGod.

¹⁰ And JoshuaJoshua saidsaid, By this ye shall knowknow that the livingliving God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from beforebefore you the Canaanites, and the HittitesHittites, and the HivitesHivites, and the Perizzites, and the GirgashitesGirgashites, and the Amorites, and the JebusitesJebusites.

¹¹ Behold, the arkark of the covenant of the LordLord of all the earthearth passeth over beforebefore you into JordanJordan.

¹² Now therefore take you twelve menmen out of the tribestribes of IsraelIsrael, out of every tribe a manman.

¹³ And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feetsoles of the feet of the priestspriests that bearbear the arkark of the LORDthe LORD, the LORDthe LORD of all the earthearth, shall rest in the waters of JordanJordan, that the waters of JordanJordan shall be cut offcut off from the waters that come downcome down from above; and they shall standstand in a heap.

¹⁴ And it came to passcame to pass, when the people removedremoved from their tentstents to passpass over JordanJordan, and the priestspriests bearingbearing the arkark of the covenant beforebefore the people;

¹⁵ And as they that borebore the arkark had comecome to JordanJordan, and the feetand the feet of the priestspriests that borebore the arkark were dipped in the brim of the waterwater, (for JordanJordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvestharvest,)

¹⁶ That the waters which came downdown from above stoodstood and rose uprose up in a heap very far from the citycity AdamAdam, that is beside Zaretan; and those that came downdown towards the seasea of the plainplain, even the saltsalt seasea, failed, and were cut offcut off: and the people passedpassed over right against JerichoJericho.

¹⁷ And the priestspriests that borebore the arkark of the covenant of the LORDthe LORD stoodstood firm on dry grounddry ground in the midstmidst of JordanJordan, and all the IsraelitesIsraelites passedpassed over on dry grounddry ground, until all the peoplepeople had passedpassed quite over JordanJordan.