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So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to
Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all
things
that befell them:
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And they said unto Joshua, Truly
the L
ORD
hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do
faint because of us.
CHAPTER 3
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.
2
And it came to pass after three
days, that the officers went through the host;
3
And they commanded the people, saying, When ye
see the ark of the covenant of the L
ORD
your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye
shall remove from your place, and go after it.
4
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about
two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye
must go: for ye have not passed this
way
heretofore.
5
And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify
yourselves: for to morrow the L
ORD
will do wonders among you.
6
And Joshua spake unto 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.
7
And the L
ORD
said unto 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.
8
And thou shalt command
the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of
Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.
9
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the L
ORD
your
God.
10
And Joshua said, Hereby 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.
11
Behold, the ark of the covenant
of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
12
Now therefore take you twelve
men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
13
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the
soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the L
ORD
, 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 upon an heap.
14
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;
15
And as they that bare the ark were come
unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for
Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
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That the waters which came down from
above stood
and
rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that
is
beside Zaretan: and
those that came down toward 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 bare the ark of the covenant of
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