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    Joshua 3

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    The Jordan backs up as far as Adam, a city near Zarethan, while the priests stand in the middle of the river on dry ground and wait for an entire nation to pass. The geography is exact; the reason for Adam’s starring role is left charmingly unsaid.

    The ark goes aheadvv. 1–13

    Joshua leads Israel from Shittim to the Jordan, where the people camp for three days. The officers give careful instructions: follow the ark, keep two thousand cubits behind it, and do not approach, since this is a road no one has travelled before. Joshua announces wonders for the next day, and the priests are told to carry the ark ahead. Twelve men are to be chosen, one from each tribe, though the chapter does not yet say what they are for—a neat little loose end just before the river does something enormous.

    The river waitsvv. 14–17

    The Jordan is overflowing its banks, which makes the priests’ next instruction wonderfully ill-timed by ordinary standards. They step into the water carrying the ark, the flow stops, and the water backs up as far upstream as Adam, in the area of Zarethan. Meanwhile the water running toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, is cut off. The priests then stand firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan until every last person has crossed opposite Jericho: a miracle with the practical patience of a ferry crossing.

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    1. Josh 3:1Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.

    2. Josh 3:2After three days the officers went through the camp

    3. Josh 3:3and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.

    4. Josh 3:4But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”

    5. Josh 3:5Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”

    6. Josh 3:6And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.

    7. Josh 3:7Now the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.

    8. Josh 3:8Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the waters, stand in the Jordan.’”

    9. Josh 3:9So Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.”

    10. Josh 3:10He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

    11. Josh 3:11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan.

    12. Josh 3:12Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.

    13. Josh 3:13When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.”

    14. Josh 3:14So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.

    15. Josh 3:15Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,

    16. Josh 3:16the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

    17. Josh 3:17The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed over the dry ground, until the entire nation had crossed the Jordan.

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    Where this is echoed

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    • 5Leviticus 20:7Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
    • 5Joshua 7:13Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.
    • 7Joshua 4:14On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him all the days of his life, just as they had revered Moses.
    • 7Joshua 1:5No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
    • 51 Samuel 16:5“In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
    • 5Joel 2:16Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
    • 5John 17:19For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.
    • 71 Chronicles 29:25The LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal majesty such as had not been bestowed on any king in Israel before him.
    • 7Psalms 18:35You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
    • 72 Chronicles 1:1Now Solomon son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and highly exalted him.
    • 7Philippians 2:9–11Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
    • 10Exodus 33:2And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
    • 10Deuteronomy 7:1When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
    • 17Exodus 14:29But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
    • 17Exodus 14:22and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
    • 5Exodus 19:10–15Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

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