Joshua 3 (NET)

Joshua 3:1¹Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing the river.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 2:1Mark 1:35Gen 22:3Jer 25:3Jer 26:5Jer 7:13Mic 6:5Num 25:1Ps 119:60

Joshua 3:2²After three days the leaders went through the campCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 1:10-11

Joshua 3:3³and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you must leave here and walk behind it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 31:92 Sam 6:13Deut 31:25Exod 13:21-22Josh 3:8Num 10:331 Chr 15:11-122 Sam 6:3Josh 3:14-17Josh 3:6

Joshua 3:4⁴But stay about 3,000 feet behind it. Keep your distance so you can see which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 89:7Exod 3:5Heb 12:28-291 Chr 11:2Exod 19:12Exod 4:10Gen 31:2

Joshua 3:5⁵Joshua told the people, “Ritually consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will perform miraculous deeds among you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 7:13Lev 20:71 Sam 16:5Joel 2:16John 17:19Exod 19:10-15Lev 10:3Ps 86:10Job 1:5Josh 3:13

Joshua 3:6⁶Joshua told the priests, “Pick up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 14:2-3Josh 3:3Mic 2:13Num 10:33Num 14:15Heb 6:20

Joshua 3:7⁷The Lord told Joshua, “This very day I will begin to honor you before all Israel, so they will know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 4:14Josh 1:51 Chr 29:25Ps 18:352 Chr 1:1Phil 2:9-11Job 7:17John 17:1Josh 1:17Phil 1:20

Joshua 3:8⁸Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, ‘When you reach the bank of the Jordan River, wade into the water.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 3:17Josh 3:31 Chr 15:11-122 Chr 17:8-92 Chr 29:152 Chr 29:272 Chr 29:302 Chr 29:4-112 Chr 30:122 Chr 31:9-10

Joshua 3:9⁹Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 4:1Deut 12:8

Joshua 3:10¹⁰Joshua continued, “This is how you will know the living God is among you and that he will truly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 7:1Exod 33:2Ps 44:2-31 Sam 17:26Heb 10:312 Kgs 19:4Deut 31:17Exod 23:27-30Exod 3:8Jer 10:10

Joshua 3:11¹¹Look! The ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth is ready to enter the Jordan ahead of you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zech 6:5Ps 24:1Zech 4:14Josh 3:13Mic 4:13Isa 3:12Isa 54:5Jer 10:7Job 41:11Josh 3:3-6

Joshua 3:12¹²Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 4:2Josh 4:4Josh 4:9

Joshua 3:13¹³When the feet of the priests carrying the ark of the Lord, the Lord of the whole earth, touch the water of the Jordan, the water coming downstream toward you will stop flowing and pile up.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 15:8Ps 78:13Josh 3:11Josh 3:15-16Exod 14:19-22Hab 3:15Ps 114:3-5Ps 33:7

Joshua 3:14¹⁴So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 7:44-451 Cor 1:24-25Deut 31:26Heb 9:4Jer 3:16Josh 3:3Josh 3:6Josh 6:6Ps 132:8

Joshua 3:15¹⁵When the ones carrying the ark reached the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the ark touched the surface of the water—(the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest time) —Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 12:15Jer 12:5Jer 49:19Josh 3:13Josh 4:18Deut 16:1-9Isa 26:6Josh 5:10-12Lev 23:10-16

Joshua 3:16¹⁶the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. It piled up far upstream at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the rift valley (the Salt Sea). The people crossed the river opposite Jericho.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 3:131 Kgs 4:121 Kgs 7:46Gen 14:3Deut 1:1Num 34:3Ps 114:3Deut 3:17Josh 15:2Matt 14:24-33

Joshua 3:17¹⁷The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan. All Israel crossed over on dry ground until the entire nation was on the other side.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 14:22Exod 14:29Ps 66:6Isa 25:82 Kgs 2:8Josh 4:3Heb 11:29