Joshua 3:1-17.
Joshua 3.1-17
Israel Crosses the Jordan River
"Early the next morning, Joshua and the Israelites packed up and left
Acacia. They went to the Jordan River and camped there that night.
Two days later their leaders went through the camp, - shouting, "When
you see some of the priests carrying the sacred chest, you'll know it
is time to cross to the other side. You've never been there before,
and you won't know the way, unless you follow the chest. But don't get
too close! Stay about half a mile back."Joshua told the people, "Make
yourselves acceptable to worship the Lord, because he is going to do
some amazing things for us." Then Joshua turned to the priests and
said, "Take the chest and cross the Jordan River ahead of us." So the
priests picked up the chest by its carrying poles and went on ahead.
The Lord told Joshua, "Beginning today I will show the people that you
are their leader, and they will know that I am helping you as I helped
Moses. Now, tell the priests who are carrying the chest to go a
little way into the river and stand there."
Joshua spoke to the people:
Come here and listen to what the Lord our God said he will do! The
Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the
Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites control the land on the
other side of the river. But the living God will be with you and will
force them out of the land when you attack. And now, God is going to
prove that he's powerful enough to force them out. - Just watch the
sacred chest that belongs to the Lord, the ruler of the whole earth.
As soon as the priests carrying the chest step into the Jordan, the
water will stop flowing and pile up as if someone had built a dam
across the river. The Lord has also said that each of the twelve
tribes should choose one man to represent it. The Israelites packed up
and left camp. The priests carrying the chest walked in front, until
they came to the Jordan River. The water in the river had risen over
its banks, as it often does in springtime. But as soon as the feet of
the priests touched the water, - the river stopped flowing, and the
water started piling up at the town of Adam near Zarethan. No water
flowed toward the Dead Sea, and the priests stood in the middle of the
dry riverbed near Jericho while everyone else crossed over."
God bless you.
Israel Crosses the Jordan River
"Early the next morning, Joshua and the Israelites packed up and left
Acacia. They went to the Jordan River and camped there that night.
Two days later their leaders went through the camp, - shouting, "When
you see some of the priests carrying the sacred chest, you'll know it
is time to cross to the other side. You've never been there before,
and you won't know the way, unless you follow the chest. But don't get
too close! Stay about half a mile back."Joshua told the people, "Make
yourselves acceptable to worship the Lord, because he is going to do
some amazing things for us." Then Joshua turned to the priests and
said, "Take the chest and cross the Jordan River ahead of us." So the
priests picked up the chest by its carrying poles and went on ahead.
The Lord told Joshua, "Beginning today I will show the people that you
are their leader, and they will know that I am helping you as I helped
Moses. Now, tell the priests who are carrying the chest to go a
little way into the river and stand there."
Joshua spoke to the people:
Come here and listen to what the Lord our God said he will do! The
Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the
Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites control the land on the
other side of the river. But the living God will be with you and will
force them out of the land when you attack. And now, God is going to
prove that he's powerful enough to force them out. - Just watch the
sacred chest that belongs to the Lord, the ruler of the whole earth.
As soon as the priests carrying the chest step into the Jordan, the
water will stop flowing and pile up as if someone had built a dam
across the river. The Lord has also said that each of the twelve
tribes should choose one man to represent it. The Israelites packed up
and left camp. The priests carrying the chest walked in front, until
they came to the Jordan River. The water in the river had risen over
its banks, as it often does in springtime. But as soon as the feet of
the priests touched the water, - the river stopped flowing, and the
water started piling up at the town of Adam near Zarethan. No water
flowed toward the Dead Sea, and the priests stood in the middle of the
dry riverbed near Jericho while everyone else crossed over."
God bless you.
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