Crossing the Jordan 1 ULT And Joshua rose early in the morning, and they set out from Shittim. And they came unto the Jordan, he and all of the sons of Israel, and they lodged there before they crossed over. BSB BSB: Early 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 ULT And it happened at the end of three days, that the officers passed through the midst of the camp. BSB BSB: After three days the officers went through the camp
3 ULT And they commanded the people, saying,“As you see the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh your God and the priests, the Levites, carrying it, then you yourselves shall set out from your place and go after it— BSB BSB: and 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 ULT but a distance shall be between you and between it, about 2, 000 cubits in measurement; do not come near to it— so that you will know the way in which you should go, since you have not passed over by the way from yesterday{ or} the third day.” BSB BSB: But 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 ULT And Joshua said to the people,“Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders in your midst.” BSB BSB: Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”
6 ULT And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying,“Lift up the Box of the Covenant and cross over to the face of the people.” And they lifted up the Box of the Covenant and went to the face of the people. BSB BSB: And 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 ULT And Yahweh said to Joshua,“This day I will begin to make you great in the eyes of all of Israel, who will know that just as I was with Moses, I am with you. BSB BSB: Now 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 ULT And you, you shall command the priests, the carriers of the Box of the Covenant, saying,‘As you come unto the edge of the waters of the Jordan, in the Jordan you shall stand.’” BSB BSB: Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the waters, stand in the Jordan.’”
9 ULT And Joshua said to the sons of Israel,“Approach here and hear the words of Yahweh your God.” BSB BSB: So Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.”
10 ULT And Joshua said,“By this you will know that the living God{ is} in your midst and dispossessing, he will dispossess from your face the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Hivite and the Perizzite and the Girgashite and the Amorite and the Jebusite. BSB BSB: He 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 ULT Behold, the Box of the Covenant of the Lord of all of the earth crossing over to your faces in the Jordan. BSB BSB: Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan.
12 ULT And now, take for yourselves 12 men from the tribes of Israel, one man, one man to a tribe. BSB BSB: Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
13 ULT And it will happen as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests, the carriers of the Box of Yahweh, the Lord of all of the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, the waters coming down from above. And they will stand, one heap.” BSB BSB: When 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 ULT And it happened, when the people set out from their tents to cross over the Jordan, that the priests, the carriers of the Box of the Covenant, were to the face of the people. BSB BSB: So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.
15 ULT And as the carriers of the Box came unto the Jordan then the feet of the priests, the carriers of the Box, were dipped into the edge of the water.(Now the Jordan was full over all of its banks all of the days of the harvest.) BSB BSB: Now 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 ULT Then the waters coming down from above stood{ still}. They rose up, one heap, at a great distance away, at Adam, the city that{ is} beside Zarethan, and those going down to the sea of Arabah, the Sea of Salt, were completely cut off.(Now the people crossed over opposite Jericho.) BSB BSB: the 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 ULT So the priests, the carriers of the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh, stood firmly on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan. And all of Israel{ was} crossing over on dry ground until when all of the nation had finished crossing over the Jordan. BSB BSB: The 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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