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UST JOS Chapter 3

JOS 3 ©

3Joshua and all the other Israelites got up early the next morning. They left their camp at Shittim and went down to the Jordan River. They camped there before they crossed over the river. 2They rested for one day, and the morning after that, the leaders of the people went throughout the camp. 3They instructed the people, “When you see some of the priests, who are the descendants of Levi, carrying the sacred chest of Yahweh your God, then you will know it is time to leave this place and follow the sacred chest. 4Since you have not gone this way before, you do not know where you should go. So you must follow the priests so that you will know the direction that you should travel. But stay at least 1, 000 yards away from the sacred chest. Do not come closer than that.” 5Then Joshua told the Israelites, “Perform the ceremonies that will make yourselves acceptable to Yahweh, because tomorrow he is going to do things for you that will amaze you!” 6Then Joshua said to the priests, “Carry the sacred chest and go in front of the people.” So they lifted up the sacred chest and went in front of the people. 7Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “This is the day when I will begin to cause all the people of Israel to honor you greatly as their leader. They will understand that I am helping you just as I helped Moses. 8Tell the priests who are carrying the sacred chest, ‘When you come to the edge of the Jordan River, stand still in the water.’ ” 9Then Joshua said to the people of Israel, “Come close to me and listen to what Yahweh, your God, will tell you.” 10When they came near, Joshua said, "This is how you will know that God, who lives and can do anything, acts on your behalf. You will certainly see him expel from the land the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites. 11Know with certainty that Yahweh is the one who rules over all the earth. The sacred chest belongs to him, and the priests will carry it into the Jordan River ahead of you. 12So choose 12 men, one from each of the tribes of Israel. 13When the priests who are carrying the chest of Yahweh, who rules over all the earth, put their feet in the waters of the Jordan River, the water will stop flowing. The water coming from upstream will pile up because Yahweh will cause them to be blocked.” 14So the Israelites packed up their tents so that they could go across the Jordan River. The priests who were carrying the sacred chest went in front of the people. 15It was springtime, when people harvest their crops, and at that time the Jordan River floods over all its banks. But the moment the priests who carried the sacred chest reached the edge of the river and stepped into the water, 16the water stopped flowing. The water piled up far upstream, at a town named Adam, near the city named Zarethan. The water stopped flowing down to the Sea of Arabah, which people also call the Sea of Salt. The water completely stopped flowing, and the people were able to cross the river near Jericho. 17The priests who were carrying the sacred chest of Yahweh stood on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan riverbed. They continued to stand there until all the people of Israel had crossed the river on dry ground.

JOS 3 ©

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