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Joshua Chapter 3

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Joshua 3 records Israel's crossing of the Jordan, as the people set out from Shittim and follow the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, keeping a respectful distance since they have not traveled this way before. When the priests' feet touch the brim of the overflowing Jordan at harvest time, the waters from above pile up in a heap and the lower waters are cut off, leaving dry ground. The priests bearing the ark stand firm in the middle of the riverbed while all Israel passes over on dry ground opposite Jericho.

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(1) And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
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Genesis 22:3Psalms 119:60Jeremiah 7:13Jeremiah 25:3Jeremiah 26:5Mark 1:35Joshua 2:1Numbers 25:1Micah 6:5

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Genesis 22:3Joshua 6:12Joshua 7:16Joshua 8:10I Samuel 15:12I Samuel 29:10

(2) And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
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Joshua 1:10Joshua 1:11

(3) And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
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Numbers 10:33Joshua 3:6Joshua 3:8Joshua 3:14Joshua 3:15Joshua 3:16Joshua 3:17Joshua 4:10Joshua 6:6Numbers 4:15Deuteronomy 31:9Deuteronomy 31:25

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II Samuel 15:24Joshua 3:6Joshua 8:33I Samuel 4:4Joshua 3:14Joshua 6:8

(4) Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
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Exodus 3:5Exodus 19:12Psalms 89:7Hebrews 12:28Hebrews 12:29Genesis 31:2Exodus 4:10I Chronicles 11:2Isaiah 30:33

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Numbers 35:5Ezekiel 41:2II Chronicles 3:3Ezekiel 40:12Ezekiel 40:48I Samuel 9:4

(5) And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
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Joshua 7:13Exodus 19:10Exodus 19:11Exodus 19:12Exodus 19:13Exodus 19:14Exodus 19:15Leviticus 10:3Leviticus 20:7Numbers 11:8I Samuel 16:5Job 1:5

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Joshua 7:13Leviticus 11:44Numbers 11:18Deuteronomy 31:14II Chronicles 29:5Isaiah 8:9

(6) And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
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Joshua 3:3Numbers 14:15Numbers 10:33Micah 2:13John 14:2John 14:3Hebrews 6:20

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I Samuel 4:4Joshua 6:6Exodus 40:20Joshua 8:33I Samuel 5:8I Samuel 5:10

(7) And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
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Joshua 4:14I Chronicles 29:25II Chronicles 1:1Job 7:17Psalms 18:35John 17:1Philippians 1:20Philippians 2:9Philippians 2:10Philippians 2:11Joshua 1:5Joshua 1:17

(8) And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.
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Joshua 3:3I Chronicles 15:11I Chronicles 15:12II Chronicles 17:8II Chronicles 17:9II Chronicles 29:4II Chronicles 29:5II Chronicles 29:6II Chronicles 29:7II Chronicles 29:8II Chronicles 29:9II Chronicles 29:10

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Joshua 4:7Joshua 3:13Joshua 3:15Joshua 3:17Joshua 4:18Joshua 4:16

(9) And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.
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Deuteronomy 4:1Deuteronomy 12:8

(10) And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
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Numbers 15:28Numbers 15:29Numbers 15:30I Kings 18:36I Kings 18:37I Kings 22:28Psalms 9:16Isaiah 7:14II Corinthians 13:2II Corinthians 13:3Deuteronomy 5:26I Samuel 17:26

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Deuteronomy 7:1Joshua 24:11Exodus 3:8Exodus 3:17Exodus 23:23Deuteronomy 20:17

(11) Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
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Joshua 3:13Psalms 24:1Isaiah 54:5Jeremiah 10:7Micah 4:13Zephaniah 2:11Zechariah 4:14Zechariah 6:5Zechariah 14:9Joshua 3:3Joshua 3:4Joshua 3:5

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Joshua 4:7Joshua 3:6Joshua 3:8Joshua 3:15Joshua 3:17Joshua 4:18

(12) Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
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Joshua 4:2Joshua 4:9

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Revelation 7:5Revelation 7:6Revelation 7:7Revelation 7:8Numbers 7:87Joshua 21:7

(13) And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
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Joshua 3:15Joshua 3:16Exodus 14:19Exodus 14:20Exodus 14:21Exodus 14:22Exodus 15:8Psalms 33:7Psalms 78:13Psalms 114:3Psalms 114:4Psalms 114:5

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Joshua 4:7Joshua 4:18Judges 7:24Genesis 1:6Ezekiel 47:4Genesis 1:7

(14) And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
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Joshua 3:3Joshua 3:6Joshua 6:6Deuteronomy 31:26Jeremiah 3:16Acts 7:44Acts 7:45I Corinthians 1:24I Corinthians 1:25Hebrews 9:4

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Joshua 4:7II Samuel 15:24Joshua 3:6Joshua 3:8Joshua 3:15Joshua 3:17

(15) And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
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Joshua 3:13Isaiah 26:6Joshua 4:18I Chronicles 12:15Jeremiah 12:5Jeremiah 49:19Joshua 5:10Joshua 5:11Joshua 5:12Leviticus 23:10Leviticus 23:11Leviticus 23:12

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Joshua 4:18Joshua 3:17Joshua 4:7Joshua 4:9Joshua 3:13Joshua 4:10

(16) That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
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Joshua 3:13Psalms 29:10Psalms 77:19Psalms 114:3Matthew 8:26Matthew 8:27Matthew 14:24Matthew 14:25Matthew 14:26Matthew 14:27Matthew 14:28Matthew 14:29

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Joshua 3:13Joshua 15:7I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4II Samuel 15:23Ezekiel 48:10

(17) And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
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Joshua 4:3II Kings 2:8Exodus 14:22Exodus 14:29Psalms 66:6Isaiah 25:8Hebrews 11:29

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Joshua 4:7Joshua 4:18Joshua 3:15I Samuel 9:4Joshua 4:10Joshua 3:8

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