Joshua 3

Joshua Chapter 3 KJV

1Joshua cometh to Jordan. 2The officers instruct the people concerning their passage. 5Joshua giveth directions relating thereto. 7God encourageth and instructeth Joshua. 9Joshua encourageth and directeth the people. 14The waters of Jordan are divided.
1 And Joshua 1rose early in the morning; and they removed 2from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
2 And it came to pass after 1three days, that the officers went through the host;
3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see 1the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and 2the priests the Levites bearing it, 3then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
4 Yet 1there shall be a space between you and it, about 2two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way aheretofore.
5 And Joshua said unto the people, 1Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do 2wonders among you.
6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take 1up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
7 ¶ And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, 1as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall 1stand still in Jordan.
9 ¶ And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and 1hear the words of the Lord your God.
10 And Joshua said, 1Hereby ye shall know that 2the living God is 3among you, and that he will without fail 4drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of 1the Lord of all the earth 2passeth over before you into Jordan.
12 Now therefore take you 1twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, 2out of every tribe a man.
13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that 1the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they 2shall stand upon an heap.
14 ¶ And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests 1bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and 1the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for 2Jordan overfloweth all his banks 3all the time of harvest,)
16 That the waters which came down from above stood and 1rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside 2Zaretan: and those that came down toward 3the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and 4were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord 1stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
Joshua 3