Joshua 3:15

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When 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)–

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  • 1 Chr 12:15 : 15 They crossed the Jordan River in the first month, when it was overflowing its banks, and routed those living in all the valleys to the east and west.
  • Jer 12:5 : 5 The LORD answered,“If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you feel secure only in safe and open country, how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River?
  • Jer 49:19 : 19 “A lion coming up from the thick undergrowth along the Jordan scatters the sheep in the pastureland around it. So too I will chase the Edomites off their land. Then I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For there is no one like me, and there is no one who can call me to account. There is no ruler who can stand up against me.
  • Josh 4:18 : 18 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up from the middle of the Jordan, and as soon as they set foot on dry land, the water of the Jordan flowed again and returned to flood stage.
  • Josh 3:13 : 13 When 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.”
  • Josh 5:10-12 : 10 So the Israelites camped in Gilgal and celebrated the Passover in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month in the rift valley plains of Jericho. 11 They ate some of the produce of the land the day after the Passover, including unleavened bread and roasted grain. 12 The manna stopped appearing the day they ate some of the produce of the land; the Israelites never ate manna again. They ate from the produce of the land of Canaan that year.
  • Lev 23:10-16 : 10 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When you enter the land that I am about to give to you and you gather in its harvest, then you must bring the sheaf of the first portion of your harvest to the priest, 11 and he must wave the sheaf before the LORD to be accepted for your benefit– on the day after the Sabbath the priest is to wave it. 12 On the day you wave the sheaf you must also offer a flawless yearling lamb for a burnt offering to the LORD, 13 along with its grain offering, two tenths of an ephah of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil, as a gift to the LORD, a soothing aroma, and its drink offering, one fourth of a hin of wine. 14 You must not eat bread, roasted grain, or fresh grain until this very day, until you bring the offering of your God. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live. 15 The Festival of Weeks“‘You must count for yourselves seven weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day you bring the wave offering sheaf; they must be complete weeks. 16 You must count fifty days– until the day after the seventh Sabbath– and then you must present a new grain offering to the LORD.
  • Deut 16:1-9 : 1 The Passover-Unleavened Bread Festival Observe the month Abib and keep the Passover to the LORD your God, for in that month he brought you out of Egypt by night. 2 You must sacrifice the Passover animal(from the flock or the herd) to the LORD your God in the place where he chooses to locate his name. 3 You must not eat any yeast with it; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, as symbolic of affliction, for you came out of Egypt hurriedly. You must do this so you will remember for the rest of your life the day you came out of the land of Egypt. 4 There must not be a scrap of yeast within your land for seven days, nor can any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain until the next morning. 5 You may not sacrifice the Passover in just any of your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, 6 but you must sacrifice it in the evening in the place where he chooses to locate his name, at sunset, the time of day you came out of Egypt. 7 You must cook and eat it in the place the LORD your God chooses; you may return the next morning to your tents. 8 You must eat bread made without yeast for six days. The seventh day you are to hold an assembly for the LORD your God; you must not do any work on that day. 9 The Festival of Weeks You must count seven weeks; you must begin to count them from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain.
  • Isa 26:6 : 6 It is trampled underfoot by the feet of the oppressed, by the soles of the poor.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 3:11-14
    4 verses
    89%

    11Look! The ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth is ready to enter the Jordan ahead of you.

    12Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.

    13When 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.”

    14So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.

  • Josh 3:16-17
    2 verses
    88%

    16the 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.

    17The 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.

  • Josh 4:16-19
    4 verses
    87%

    16“Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenantal laws to come up from the Jordan.”

    17So Joshua instructed the priests,“Come up from the Jordan!”

    18The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up from the middle of the Jordan, and as soon as they set foot on dry land, the water of the Jordan flowed again and returned to flood stage.

    19The people went up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped in Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

  • Josh 4:7-11
    5 verses
    83%

    7tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.”

    8The Israelites did just as Joshua commanded. They picked up twelve stones, according to the number of the Israelite tribes, from the middle of the Jordan as the LORD had instructed Joshua. They carried them over with them to the camp and put them there.

    9Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.

    10Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly,

    11and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the LORD and the priests crossed as the people looked on.

  • Josh 3:8
    82%

    8Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenant,‘When you reach the bank of the Jordan River, wade into the water.’”

  • Josh 3:6
    77%

    6Joshua 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.

  • Josh 4:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22explain to your children,‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.’

    23For the LORD your God dried up the water of the Jordan before you while you crossed over. It was just like when the LORD your God dried up the Red Sea before us while we crossed it.

  • Josh 3:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1Israel Crosses the Jordan Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing the river.

    2After three days the leaders went through the camp

    3and 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.

  • Josh 4:5
    74%

    5Joshua told them,“Go in front of the ark of the LORD your God to the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to put a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the Israelite tribes.

  • Ps 114:3
    74%

    3The sea looked and fled; the Jordan River turned back.

  • 1 Kgs 8:3
    73%

    3When all Israel’s elders had arrived, the priests lifted the ark.

  • 1 Chr 12:15
    72%

    15They crossed the Jordan River in the first month, when it was overflowing its banks, and routed those living in all the valleys to the east and west.

  • Josh 5:1
    72%

    1When all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how the LORD had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites while they crossed, they lost their courage and could not even breathe for fear of the Israelites.

  • Josh 16:7
    71%

    7It then descended from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho, and extended to the Jordan River.

  • Josh 6:6-9
    4 verses
    71%

    6So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them,“Pick up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests must carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”

    7And he told the army,“Move ahead and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”

    8When Joshua gave the army its orders, the seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the LORD moved ahead and blew the horns as the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed behind.

    9Armed troops marched ahead of the priests blowing the horns, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark blowing rams’ horns.

  • Num 21:15
    71%

    15and the slope of the valleys that extends to the dwelling of Ar, and falls off at the border of Moab.”

  • 2 Chr 5:4
    71%

    4When all Israel’s elders had arrived, the Levites lifted the ark.

  • 1 Chr 15:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14The priests and Levites consecrated themselves so they could bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

    15The descendants of Levi carried the ark of God on their shoulders with poles, just as Moses had commanded in keeping with the LORD’s instruction.

  • 2 Sam 24:5
    71%

    5They crossed the Jordan and camped at Aroer, on the south side of the city, at the wadi of Gad, near Jazer.

  • Deut 3:17
    70%

    17The rift valley and the Jordan River were also a border, from the sea of Kinnereth to the sea of the rift valley(that is, the Salt Sea), beneath the slopes of Pisgah to the east.

  • Josh 6:11-13
    3 verses
    70%

    11So Joshua made sure they marched the ark of the LORD around the city one time. Then they went back to the camp and spent the night there.

    12Bright and early the next morning Joshua had the priests pick up the ark of the LORD.

    13The seven priests carrying the seven rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD marched along blowing their horns. Armed troops marched ahead of them, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark of the LORD blowing rams’ horns.

  • Josh 4:1
    70%

    1Israel Commemorates the Crossing When the entire nation was on the other side, the LORD told Joshua,

  • Judg 8:4
    70%

    4Gideon Tracks Down the Midianite Kings Now Gideon and his three hundred men had crossed over the Jordan River, and even though they were exhausted, they were still chasing the Midianites.

  • Num 33:51
    69%

    51“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

  • Josh 4:3
    69%

    3Instruct them,‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”

  • Gen 7:18
    69%

    18The waters completely overwhelmed the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

  • Matt 3:13
    69%

    13The Baptism of Jesus Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River.

  • Josh 1:11
    69%

    11“Go through the camp and command the people,‘Prepare your supplies, for within three days you will cross the Jordan River and begin the conquest of the land the LORD your God is ready to hand over to you.’”

  • Josh 18:18
    69%

    18It crossed to the slope in front of the rift valley to the north and descended into the rift valley.