Joshua 3

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. \*

And it happened at the end of three days, that the officers passed through the midst of the camp.

And they commanded the people, saying, “As you see the Box of the Covenant of God your God and the priests, the Levites, carrying it, then you yourselves shall set out from your place and go after it—

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.” \*

And Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow God will do wonders in your midst.”

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. \*

And God 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.

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.’” \*

And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “Approach here and hear the words of God your God.”

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.

Behold, the Box of the Covenant of the Lord of all of the earth crossing over to your faces in the Jordan. \*

And now, take for yourselves 12 men from the tribes of Israel, one man, one man to a tribe.

And it will happen as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests, the carriers of the Box of God, 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.” \*

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.

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.)

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.) \*

So the priests, the carriers of the Box of the Covenant of God, 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. \*