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And Joshua[H3091] rose early[H7925] in the morning[H1242]; and they removed[H5265] from Shittim[H7851], and came[H935] to Jordan[H3383], he and all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], and lodged[H3885] there before they passed over[H5674].
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And it came to pass after[H7097]three[H7969]days[H3117], that the officers[H7860]went[H5674]through[H7130] the host[H4264];
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And they commanded[H6680] the people[H5971], saying[H559], When ye see[H7200] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068] your God[H430], and the priests[H3548] the Levites[H3881]bearing[H5375] it, then ye shall remove[H5265] from your place[H4725], and go[H1980]after[H310] it.
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Yet there shall be a space[H7350] between you and it, about two thousand[H505]cubits[H520] by measure[H4060]: come not near[H7126] unto it, that ye may know[H3045] the way[H1870] by which ye must go[H3212]: for ye have not passed[H5674] this way[H1870]heretofore[H8543].
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And Joshua[H3091]said[H559] unto the people[H5971], Sanctify[H6942] yourselves: for to morrow[H4279] the LORD[H3068] will do[H6213]wonders[H6381]among[H7130] you.
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And Joshua[H3091]spake[H559] unto the priests[H3548], saying[H559], Take up[H5375] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285], and pass over[H5674]before[H6440] the people[H5971]. And they took up[H5375] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285], and went[H3212]before[H6440] the people[H5971].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Joshua[H3091], This day[H3117] will I begin[H2490] to magnify[H1431] thee in the sight[H5869] of all Israel[H3478], that they may know[H3045] that, as I was with Moses[H4872], so I will be with thee.
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And thou shalt command[H6680] the priests[H3548] that bear[H5375] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285], saying[H559], When ye are come[H935] to the brink[H7097] of the water[H4325] of Jordan[H3383], ye shall stand still[H5975] in Jordan[H3383].
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And Joshua[H3091]said[H559] unto the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], Come hither[H5066], and hear[H8085] the words[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] your God[H430].
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And Joshua[H3091]said[H559], Hereby ye shall know[H3045] that the living[H2416]God[H410] is among[H7130] you, and that he will without fail[H3423] drive out[H3423] from before[H6440] you the Canaanites[H3669], and the Hittites[H2850], and the Hivites[H2340], and the Perizzites[H6522], and the Girgashites[H1622], and the Amorites[H567], and the Jebusites[H2983].
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Behold, the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the Lord[H113] of all the earth[H776] passeth over[H5674]before[H6440] you into Jordan[H3383].
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Now therefore take[H3947] you twelve[H8147]men[H376] out of the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478], out of every[H259]tribe[H7626] a man[H376].
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And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles[H3709] of the feet[H7272] of the priests[H3548] that bear[H5375] the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068], the Lord[H113] of all the earth[H776], shall rest[H5117] in the waters[H4325] of Jordan[H3383], that the waters[H4325] of Jordan[H3383] shall be cut off[H3772] from the waters[H4325] that come down[H3381] from above[H4605]; and they shall stand[H5975] upon an[H259]heap[H5067].
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And it came to pass, when the people[H5971]removed[H5265] from their tents[H168], to pass over[H5674]Jordan[H3383], and the priests[H3548]bearing[H5375] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285]before[H6440] the people[H5971];
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And as they that bare[H5375] the ark[H727] were come[H935] unto Jordan[H3383], and the feet[H7272] of the priests[H3548] that bare[H5375] the ark[H727] were dipped[H2881] in the brim[H7097] of the water,(for Jordan[H3383]overfloweth[H4390] all his banks[H1415] all the time[H3117] of harvest[H7105],)
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That the waters[H4325] which came down[H3381] from above[H4605]stood[H5975] and rose up[H6965] upon an[H259]heap[H5067]very[H3966]far[H7368] from the city[H5892]Adam[H121], that is beside[H6654]Zaretan[H6891]: and those that came down[H3381] toward the sea[H3220] of the plain[H6160], even the salt[H4417]sea[H3220], failed[H8552], and were cut off[H3772]: and the people[H5971] passed over[H5674] right against Jericho[H3405].
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And the priests[H3548] that bare[H5375] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068]stood[H5975]firm[H3559] on dry ground[H2724] in the midst[H8432] of Jordan[H3383], and all the Israelites[H3478]passed[H5674]over[H5674] on dry ground[H2724], until all the people[H1471] were passed[H5674]clean[H8552]over[H5674]Jordan[H3383].