Joshua 3:13

World English Bible (2000)

It shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap."

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  • Exod 15:8 : 8 With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
  • Ps 78:13 : 13 He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
  • Josh 3:15-16 : 15 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), 16 that 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 right against Jericho.
  • Ps 33:7 : 7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
  • Josh 3:11 : 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.
  • Ps 114:3-5 : 3 The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs. 5 What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?
  • Hab 3:15 : 15 You trampled the sea with your horses, churning mighty waters.
  • Exod 14:19-22 : 19 The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them. 20 It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one didn't come near the other all the night. 21 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 The children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.

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  • Josh 3:14-17
    4 verses
    87%

    14It happened, 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,

    15and 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),

    16that 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 right against Jericho.

    17The priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation had passed completely over the Jordan.

  • Josh 3:8-9
    2 verses
    85%

    8You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, 'When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.'"

    9Joshua said to the children of Israel, "Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God."

  • Josh 4:15-19
    5 verses
    85%

    15Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

    16"Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan."

    17Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, "Come up out of the Jordan!"

    18It happened, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh had come up out of the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks, as before.

    19The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.

  • Josh 3:11-12
    2 verses
    82%

    11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.

    12Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

  • Josh 4:7-11
    5 verses
    82%

    7then you shall tell them, 'Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.'"

    8The children of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

    9Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.

    10For the priests who bore the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Yahweh commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua; and the people hurried and passed over.

    11It happened, when all the people had completely passed over, that the ark of Yahweh passed over, with the priests, in the presence of the people.

  • 6Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people." They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

  • Josh 4:1-5
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    76%

    1It happened, when all the nation had completely passed over the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

    2"Take twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

    3and command them, saying, 'Take from out of the middle of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging place, where you will lodge tonight.'"

    4Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

    5Joshua said to them, "Pass over before the ark of Yahweh your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you pick up a stone and put it on your shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;

  • Josh 4:22-23
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    76%

    22Then you shall let your children know, saying, 'Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

    23For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until you had passed over, as Yahweh your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had passed over;

  • Josh 3:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel. They lodged there before they passed over.

    2It happened after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp;

    3and they commanded the people, saying, "When you see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall move from your place, and follow it.

  • 1It happened, when all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard how that Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we had passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

  • 3The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.

  • 11"Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, 'Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.'"

  • 17the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border [of it], from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.

  • 13He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.

  • 31For you are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and you shall possess it, and dwell therein.

  • Josh 6:11-13
    3 verses
    71%

    11So he caused the ark of Yahweh to go around the city, going about it once. Then they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

    12Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Yahweh.

    13The seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh went on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed men went before them. The rear guard came after the ark of Yahweh. The trumpets sounded as they went.

  • 15The prince of Yahweh's army said to Joshua, "Take your shoes off of your feet; for the place on which you stand is holy." Joshua did so.

  • Josh 6:6-8
    3 verses
    70%

    6Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh."

    7They said to the people, "Advance! March around the city, and let the armed men pass on before Yahweh's ark."

    8It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Yahweh advanced, and blew the trumpets; and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh followed them.

  • 27and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan's bank, to the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.

  • 51Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, "When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

  • 8Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they two went over on dry ground.

  • 3All the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

  • 15until Yahweh has given your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they have also possessed the land which Yahweh your God gives them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.'"

  • 2It shall be on the day when you shall pass over the Jordan to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, that you shall set yourself up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:

  • 22The children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.

  • 21and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before Yahweh, until he has driven out his enemies from before him,