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Joshua 3:1 (show verse)
Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and he and all the sons of Israel set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, and they lodged there before they crossed.
Joshua 3:2 (show verse)
Joshua 3:3 (show verse)
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.
Joshua 3:4 (show verse)
However, there shall be between you and it a distance of about 2,000 cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.”
Joshua 3:5 (show verse)
Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”
Joshua 3:6 (show verse)
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.
Ark » In the tabernacle. Called the ark » On special occasions carried by priests: crossing jordan
Ark of the covenant » Was carried » Before the israelites in their journeys
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Preceded by priests with the ark
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » In an appointed order
Leaders » Religious priests » General references to
priests » General reference to
priests » Services of » Carrying the ark
Religious » priests » General references to
Tabernacle » Carried in front of the people of israel in the line of march
Ark of the covenant » Was carried » Before the israelites in their journeys
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Preceded by priests with the ark
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » In an appointed order
Leaders » Religious priests » General references to
priests » General reference to
priests » Services of » Carrying the ark
Religious » priests » General references to
Tabernacle » Carried in front of the people of israel in the line of march
Joshua 3:7 (show verse)
Now the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you.
Joshua 3:8 (show verse)
You shall, moreover, 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.’”
Joshua 3:9 (show verse)
Then Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “Come here, and hear the words of the Lord your God.”
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Joshua 3:10 (show verse)
Joshua said, “By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will assuredly dispossess from before you the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
Amorites » Given to descendants of abraham
Girgashites » Land of, given to abraham and his descendants
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » A pledge that God would drive the canaanites, &c out of their land
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Joshua » Waters of jordan divided
Names » Of God the father » Living God
Girgashites » Land of, given to abraham and his descendants
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » A pledge that God would drive the canaanites, &c out of their land
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Joshua » Waters of jordan divided
Names » Of God the father » Living God
Joshua 3:11 (show verse)
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing over ahead of you into the Jordan.
Joshua 3:12 (show verse)
Now then, take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.
Joshua 3:13 (show verse)
It shall 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, and the waters which are flowing down from above will stand in one heap.”
Joshua 3:14 (show verse)
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,
Ark » In the tabernacle. Called the ark » On special occasions carried by priests: crossing jordan
Ark of the covenant » Was carried » By priests of levites alone
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Preceded by priests with the ark
Jordan, the river » Remarkable events connected with » Division of its waters to let israel pass over
Miracles » Catalogue of » The jordan river divided
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Joshua » Waters of jordan divided
Water » The jordan river
Ark of the covenant » Was carried » By priests of levites alone
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Preceded by priests with the ark
Jordan, the river » Remarkable events connected with » Division of its waters to let israel pass over
Miracles » Catalogue of » The jordan river divided
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Joshua » Waters of jordan divided
Water » The jordan river
Joshua 3:15 (show verse)
and when those who carried the ark came into the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the ark were dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest),
Jordan » Swelling of, at harvest time
Jordan, the river » Often overflowed
Jordan, the river » Remarkable events connected with » Division of its waters to let israel pass over
Miracles » Catalogue of » The jordan river divided
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Joshua » Waters of jordan divided
Rivers » Banks of » Frequently overflowed
Water » The jordan river
Jordan, the river » Often overflowed
Jordan, the river » Remarkable events connected with » Division of its waters to let israel pass over
Miracles » Catalogue of » The jordan river divided
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Joshua » Waters of jordan divided
Rivers » Banks of » Frequently overflowed
Water » The jordan river
Joshua 3:16 (show verse)
Adam » A city » A city near the jordan
Dead sea » Sea of the plain
Jordan, the river » Remarkable events connected with » Division of its waters to let israel pass over
Miracles » Catalogue of » The jordan river divided
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Joshua » Waters of jordan divided
Salt » Christians as sea » Sea
Salt » Salt sea
Sea » Dead
Water » The jordan river
Zaretan » A city » A city of uncertain location
Dead sea » Sea of the plain
Jordan, the river » Remarkable events connected with » Division of its waters to let israel pass over
Miracles » Catalogue of » The jordan river divided
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Joshua » Waters of jordan divided
Salt » Christians as sea » Sea
Salt » Salt sea
Sea » Dead
Water » The jordan river
Zaretan » A city » A city of uncertain location
Joshua 3:17 (show verse)
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.
Jews, the » Called » israelites
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Successfully effected
Miracles » Catalogue of » The jordan river divided
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Joshua » Waters of jordan divided
Water » The jordan river
Way provided » Through the difficulties of life's journey
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Successfully effected
Miracles » Catalogue of » The jordan river divided
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Joshua » Waters of jordan divided
Water » The jordan river
Way provided » Through the difficulties of life's journey