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Joshua 3

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  1. 1And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.17 cross-references: Joshua 2:1, Mark 1:35, Jeremiah 25:3, Numbers 25:1, Jeremiah 26:5
  2. 2And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;3 cross-references: Joshua 1:10–11
  3. 3And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.29 cross-references: Deuteronomy 31:9, 2 Samuel 6:13, Exodus 13:21–22, Deuteronomy 31:25, Joshua 3:8
  4. 4Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two 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 heretofore.13 cross-references: Psalms 89:7, Exodus 3:5, Hebrews 12:28–29, 1 Chronicles 11:2, Genesis 31:2
  5. 5And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.18 cross-references: Joshua 7:13, Leviticus 20:7, Joel 2:16, 1 Samuel 16:5, John 17:19
  6. 6And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up 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.16 cross-references: Micah 2:13, Numbers 14:15, Joshua 3:3, Numbers 10:33, John 14:2–3
  7. 7And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.21 cross-references: Joshua 4:14, Joshua 1:5, 1 Chronicles 29:25, Psalms 18:35, Philippians 2:9–11
  8. 8And 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 stand still in Jordan.18 cross-references: Joshua 3:3, Joshua 3:17, 2 Chronicles 17:8–9, 2 Chronicles 29:30, Lamentations 3:26
  9. 9And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God.2 cross-references: Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 12:8
  10. 10And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.43 cross-references: Deuteronomy 7:1, Exodus 33:2, Psalms 44:2–3, Hebrews 10:31, 1 Samuel 17:26
  11. 11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.18 cross-references: Zechariah 6:5, Psalms 24:1, Zechariah 4:14, Joshua 3:13, Micah 4:13
  12. 12Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.6 cross-references: Joshua 4:2, Joshua 4:4, Joshua 4:9
  13. 13And 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 the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.27 cross-references: Exodus 15:8, Psalms 78:13, Joshua 3:15–16, Psalms 33:7, Joshua 3:11
  14. 14And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;20 cross-references: Acts 7:44–45, 1 Corinthians 1:24–25, Hebrews 9:4, Joshua 3:3, Joshua 3:6
  15. 15And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)24 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 12:15, Joshua 3:13, Jeremiah 12:5, Joshua 4:18, Jeremiah 49:19
  16. 16That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.39 cross-references: Joshua 3:13, Genesis 14:3, 1 Kings 4:12, 1 Kings 7:46, Psalms 114:3
  17. 17And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood 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.18 cross-references: Exodus 14:29, Exodus 14:22, Psalms 66:6, Isaiah 25:8, 2 Kings 2:8

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Jordan, Shittim, Salt Sea, Zarethan, Jericho, Sea of the Plain, Adam