1 Early in the morning, Joshua rose and set out from Shittim with all the people of Israel and came to the Jordan River. There they encamped while waiting to cross the river.
2 After three days, the officers went around the camp
3 and ordered the Israelites: "When you see the Ark of the Covenant of Yahweh go by, carried by the priests from the tribe of Levi, then you shall set out from your camp and follow it,
4 that you may know the way you shall go. Because you have never been that way before. But you shall follow it at a distance of a thousand meters. Do not go near it."
5 Joshua said to the Israelites: "Purify yourselves, for tomorrow Yahweh will be in your midst doing wonders."
6 And Joshua ordered the priests: "Take the Ark of the Covenant and cross the river at the head of the people."
7 Then Yahweh said to Joshua: "Today I will begin to make you great in the eyes of Israel and they shall know that I am with you as I was with Moses.
8 Give this order to the priests who carry the Ark of the Covenant: As soon as you come to the banks of the Jordan, stand still in the river."
9 And Joshua said to the Israelites: "Come nearer and listen to the words of Yahweh, our God.
10 Do you want a sign that Yahweh, the living God, is in your midst, he who drives away before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, as well as the Girgashites, Jebusites and Amorites?
11 See, the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord of all the earth is going to cross the Jordan before you.
12 Now, choose twelve men from the twelve tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
13 When the priests who carry the Ark of the Lord of all the earth put their feet into the water of the Jordan, the water coming from upstream shall stop flowing and stand in one single mass."
14 When the people set out from their camp to cross the Jordan, the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant went before them.
15 There was much water in the Jordan, for it was overflowing its banks at this time of the barley harvest. Nevertheless, when those who carried the Ark went down to the river and their feet touched the edge of the water, the water from upstream stopped flowing.
16 The water stood still, forming something like a dam very far from that place, near Adam, the neighboring city of Zarethan. The water flowing down to the Dead Sea was completely cut off, and so the people could cross opposite Jericho.
17 The priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant remained in the middle of the river which dried up, until all the Israelites had crossed the Jordan.
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Chapter 3 of the book of Joshua describes the crossing of the Jordan River by the people of Israel, led by Joshua, to enter the promised land. During the narrative, the importance of obedience to God and the leadership of Joshua is highlighted.
Genesis 22:3: "Asking Abraham at dawn, his donkey, and took two of his boys and his son; and cut wood into the Holocaust, and it was to the place that God had nominated for him. . " This verse reports Abraham's obedience to God when it was called to offer Isaac in sacrifice. Like Abraham, the people of Israel needed to obey God to conquer the promised land.
Exodus 14:16: "And you, raise your rod, and reach your hand over the sea, and screw it, that the children of Israel pass through the middle of the sea dry." This verse narrates how God guided Moses to open the Red Sea so that the people of Israel could cross it. Similarly, in Joshua 3, God opened the Jordan River so that the people of Israel could pass and enter the promised land.
Deuteronomy 31:7: "And Moses called Joshua, and he said in the eyes of all Israel, Strive and have good courage, for thou shalt enter this people on the earth that the Lord swore to his parents to give them; you will make her inherit her. " This verse highlights Joshua's leadership and the importance of having courage and confidence in God to conquer the promised land.
Psalm 114:3: "The sea saw this, and fled; Jordan made it behind." This verse refers to the passage through the Red Sea and also highlights the opening of the Jordan River to the people of Israel pass, highlighting the supernatural action of God.
Joshua 4:23: For the Lord your God has dried the waters of the Jordan before you, until you passed, as the Lord your God has done to the Red Sea, to which we passed before us passed; " This verse emphasizes God's miraculous action at the opening of the Jordan River to the people of Israel to pass, also remembering the passage through the Red Sea, highlighting God's faithfulness to fulfill his promises.
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