It shall be that when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of GOD,† the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off. The waters that come down from above shall stand in one heap.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Joshua 3:13 in context
Joshua 3:10–16
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Joshua said, “By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite out from before you.
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Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.
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Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
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It shall be that when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of GOD,† the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off. The waters that come down from above shall stand in one heap.”
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When the people moved from their tents to pass over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people,
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and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark had dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest),
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the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off. Then the people passed over near Jericho.
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Notes from World English Bible Updated
- When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name (Hebrew “יהוה”, usually pronounced Yahweh).
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