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a mile behind them, keeping a clear distance between you and the Ark. Make sure
you don’t come any closer.”
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“Purify yourselves,
for tomorrow the LORD will do
Then Joshua told the people,
great wondersamong you.”
6 In the morning Joshua said to the priests, “Lift up the Ark of the Covenant
and lead the people across the river.” And so they started out and went ahead of
the people.
7 The Lord told Joshua, “Today I will begin to make you a great leader in the eyes
of all the Israelites. They will know that I am with you, just as I was with Moses.
8 Give this command to the priests who carry the Ark of the Covenant: ‘When
you reach the banks of the Jordan River, take a few steps into the river and stop
there.’ ”
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So Joshua told the Israelites,
“Come and listen to what
the LORD your God says.
Today you will know that the living God is among you. He will surely drive out
the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites
ahead of you. 11 Look, the Ark of the Covenant, which belongs to the Lord of the
whole earth, will lead you across the Jordan River! 12 Now choose twelve men
from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
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The priests will carry the
the Lord
Ark of the LORD,
of all the earth.
As soon as their feet touch the water, the flow of water will be cut off upstream,
and the river will stand up like a wall.”
14 So the people left their camp to cross the Jordan, and the priests who were
carrying the Ark of the Covenant went ahead of them. 15 It was the harvest season,
and the Jordan was overflowing its banks. But as soon as the feet of the priests
who were carrying the Ark touched the water at the river’s edge, 16 the water above
that point began backing up a great distance away at a town called Adam, which
is near Zarethan. And the water below that point flowed on to the Dead Sea until
the riverbed was dry. Then all the people crossed over near the town of Jericho.
17 Meanwhile, the priests who were carrying the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant
stood on dry ground in the middle of the riverbed as the people passed by. They
waited there until the whole nation of Israel had crossed the Jordan on dry
ground.
Memorials to the Jordan Crossing
When all the people had crossed the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, 2 “Now
choose twelve men, one from each tribe. 3 Tell them, ‘Take twelve stones from
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