1 In|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" Joshua|strong="H3091" rose|strong="H7925", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478" set|strong="H5265" out|strong="H5265" from|strong="H5265" Shittim|strong="H7851" and|strong="H1121" reached|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383", where|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" passed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3885" before|strong="H2962" they|strong="H8033" crossed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674".
2 Three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" afterwards the|strong="H3117" officers|strong="H7860" went|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3117" camp|strong="H4264"
3 and|strong="H1980" gave|strong="H6680" this|strong="H7200" order|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7200" nation|strong="H5971": ‘When|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6680" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" ark of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" being|strong="H5971" carried|strong="H5375" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" priestly|strong="H3548" Levites|strong="H3881", then|strong="H1980" set|strong="H5265" out|strong="H5265" and|strong="H1980" follow|strong="H1980" it|strong="H7200",
4 so|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3045" learn|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" ford|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5674" which|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3212" cross|strong="H5674", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" crossed|strong="H5674" here|strong="H1870" before|strong="H3808". Only|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H1961" close|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3588" ark. Between|strong="H3045" it|strong="H7126" and|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3068" space|strong="H7350" kept|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1870" two|strong="H3808" thousand cubits.’
5 Then|strong="H6213" Joshua|strong="H3091" said to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971", ‘Consecrate|strong="H6942" yourselves|strong="H6942", for|strong="H3588" tomorrow|strong="H4279" the|strong="H3588" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" wonders|strong="H6381" among|strong="H7130" you|strong="H3588".’
6 To|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" he|strong="H5971" said, ‘Lift|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" ark of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" covenant|strong="H1285" and|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" in|strong="H3212" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971".’ So|strong="H5375" they|strong="H5971" lifted|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" ark of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" covenant|strong="H1285" and|strong="H3212" went|strong="H3212" in|strong="H3212" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971".
7 And|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3605" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* said to|strong="H3478" Joshua|strong="H3091", ‘This|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" exalt|strong="H1431" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H3478" let|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961" see|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" Moses|strong="H4872" so|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588".
8 Order|strong="H6680" the|strong="H5375" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" are|strong="H4325" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" ark of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5375" covenant|strong="H1285" to|strong="H5704" stand|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5375" Jordan|strong="H3383" as|strong="H5704" soon as|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" reach the|strong="H5375" edge|strong="H7097" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5375" water|strong="H4325".’
9 Then|strong="H8085" Joshua|strong="H3091" told|strong="H1697" the|strong="H8085" Israelites|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" come|strong="H5066" and|strong="H1121" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8085" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*, their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068".
10 Joshua|strong="H3091" said, ‘This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" let you|strong="H3588" see|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" living|strong="H2416" God is|strong="H6440" among|strong="H7130" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3588" without|strong="H3588" fail|strong="H3423" evict before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" Canaanites|strong="H3669" and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Hittites|strong="H2850" and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Hivites|strong="H2340" and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Perizzites|strong="H6522" and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Girgashites|strong="H1622" and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Amorites and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Jebusites|strong="H2983".
11 See|strong="H2009", the|strong="H3605" ark of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Lord of|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth is|strong="H2009" crossing|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440".
12 Now|strong="H6258" choose|strong="H3947" twelve|strong="H8147" men|strong="H8147" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478", a|strong="H3068" man from|strong="H3478" each|strong="H3947" tribe|strong="H7626".
13 Whenever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soles|strong="H3709" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" carry|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" ark of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" covenant of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*, the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth, rest|strong="H5117" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383", the|strong="H3605" waters|strong="H4325" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" stopped|strong="H5975". The|strong="H3605" waters|strong="H4325" which|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3068" flowing|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381", they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" dammed up|strong="H5375".’
14 And|strong="H3548" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" left|strong="H5265" their|strong="H5375" tents to|strong="H1961" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" Jordan|strong="H3383", headed by|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H5971" carried|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" ark of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" covenant|strong="H1285",
15 as|strong="H5704" soon as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" bearers|strong="H5375" reached|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" dipped|strong="H2881" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" edge|strong="H7097" (for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" overflows|strong="H4390" its|strong="H3605" banks|strong="H1415" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" harvest|strong="H7105"),
16 the|strong="H5921" waters|strong="H4325" that|strong="H5971" flow|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" stopped|strong="H5975" and|strong="H6965" were|strong="H5971" dammed up|strong="H6965" at|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3068" distance|strong="H7368", at|strong="H5921" Adam (a|strong="H3068" town|strong="H5892" beside|strong="H5921" Zarethan|strong="H6891"), while|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" waters|strong="H4325" that|strong="H5971" flow|strong="H3381" away|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5921" Arabah|strong="H6160" (the|strong="H5921" Dead Sea|strong="H3220") were|strong="H5971" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" and|strong="H6965" failed|strong="H8552". In|strong="H5921" this|strong="H5674" way|strong="H7368" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" crossed|strong="H5674", opposite|strong="H5048" Jericho|strong="H3405".
17 The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" carried|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" ark of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* stood|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5674" dry|strong="H2724" ground|strong="H2724" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" crossed|strong="H5674" on|strong="H5674" dry|strong="H2724" ground|strong="H2724" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H8552" crossing|strong="H5674".