3:1 Then
Joshua
rose
early
in
the
morning
and
they
set
out
from
Shittim.
And
they
came
to
the
Jordan,
he
and
all
the
people
of
Israel,
and
lodged
there
before
they
passed
over.
3:2 At
the
end
of
three
days
the
officers
went
through
the
camp
3:3 and
commanded
the
people,
"As
soon
as
you
see
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
LORD
your
God
being
carried
by
the
Levitical
priests,
then
you
shall
set
out
from
your
place
and
follow
it.
3:4 Yet
there
shall
be
a
distance
between
you
and
it,
about
2,000
cubits
in
length.
Do
not
come
near
it,
in
order
that
you
may
know
the
way
you
shall
go,
for
you
have
not
passed
this
way
before."
3:5 Then
Joshua
said
to
the
people,
"Consecrate
yourselves,
for
tomorrow
the
LORD
will
do
wonders
among
you."
3:6 And
Joshua
said
to
the
priests,
"Take
up
the
ark
of
the
covenant
and
pass
on
before
the
people."
So
they
took
up
the
ark
of
the
covenant
and
went
before
the
people.
3:7 The
LORD
said
to
Joshua,
"Today
I
will
begin
to
exalt
you
in
the
sight
of
all
Israel,
that
they
may
know
that,
as
I
was
with
Moses,
so
I
will
be
with
you.
3:8 And
as
for
you,
command
the
priests
who
bear
the
ark
of
the
covenant,
'When
you
come
to
the
brink
of
the
waters
of
the
Jordan,
you
shall
stand
still
in
the
Jordan.'"
3:9 And
Joshua
said
to
the
people
of
Israel,
"Come
here
and
listen
to
the
words
of
the
LORD
your
God."
3:10 And
Joshua
said,
"Here
is
how
you
shall
know
that
the
living
God
is
among
you
and
that
he
will
without
fail
drive
out
from
before
you
the
Canaanites,
the
Hittites,
the
Hivites,
the
Perizzites,
the
Girgashites,
the
Amorites,
and
the
Jebusites.
3:11 Behold,
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
of
all
the
earth
is
passing
over
before
you
into
the
Jordan.
3:12 Now
therefore
take
twelve
men
from
the
tribes
of
Israel,
from
each
tribe
a
man.
3:13 And
when
the
soles
of
the
feet
of
the
priests
bearing
the
ark
of
the
LORD,
the
Lord
of
all
the
earth,
shall
rest
in
the
waters
of
the
Jordan,
the
waters
of
the
Jordan
shall
be
cut
off
from
flowing,
and
the
waters
coming
down
from
above
shall
stand
in
one
heap."
3:14 So
when
the
people
set
out
from
their
tents
to
pass
over
the
Jordan
with
the
priests
bearing
the
ark
of
the
covenant
before
the
people,
3:15 and
as
soon
as
those
bearing
the
ark
had
come
as
far
as
the
Jordan,
and
the
feet
of
the
priests
bearing
the
ark
were
dipped
in
the
brink
of
the
water
(now
the
Jordan
overflows
all
its
banks
throughout
the
time
of
harvest),
3:16 the
waters
coming
down
from
above
stood
and
rose
up
in
a
heap
very
far
away,
at
Adam,
the
city
that
is
beside
Zarethan,
and
those
flowing
down
toward
the
Sea
of
the
Arabah,
the
Salt
Sea,
were
completely
cut
off.
And
the
people
passed
over
opposite
Jericho.
3:17 Now
the
priests
bearing
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
LORD
stood
firmly
on
dry
ground
in
the
midst
of
the
Jordan,
and
all
Israel
was
passing
over
on
dry
ground
until
all
the
nation
finished
passing
over
the
Jordan.