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Joshua Chapter 4

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Joshua

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In this chapter the Israelites are led across the Jordan River by Moses and the priests, who sound trumpets as the waters part to make a dry path. The crossing demonstrates God’s power to fulfill His promises and the people’s obedience. It also shows that the land is ready for their inheritance.

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(1) And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
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Joshua 3:17Deuteronomy 27:2

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Joshua 3:17Joshua 4:7Joshua 4:10I Samuel 9:4Joshua 4:11Joshua 3:1

(2) Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
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Joshua 3:12Numbers 1:4Numbers 1:5Numbers 1:6Numbers 1:7Numbers 1:8Numbers 1:9Numbers 1:10Numbers 1:11Numbers 1:12Numbers 1:13Numbers 1:14

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

(3) And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
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Joshua 3:13Joshua 24:27Genesis 28:22Deuteronomy 27:1Deuteronomy 27:2Deuteronomy 27:3Deuteronomy 27:4Deuteronomy 27:5Deuteronomy 27:6Deuteronomy 27:7Deuteronomy 27:8Deuteronomy 27:9

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I Chronicles 29:2Numbers 7:87Joshua 4:9Joshua 4:7I Kings 7:10Genesis 19:2

(4) Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
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Joshua 4:2Mark 3:14Mark 3:15Mark 3:16Mark 3:17Mark 3:18Mark 3:19

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

(5) And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
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I Samuel 6:18Joshua 4:8Joshua 3:15Joshua 4:7Joshua 4:10Joshua 12:7

(6) That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
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Joshua 22:27Exodus 12:14Exodus 13:9Exodus 31:13Numbers 16:38Isaiah 55:13Ezekiel 20:12Ezekiel 20:20Joshua 4:21Exodus 12:26Exodus 12:27Exodus 13:14

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I Chronicles 29:2I Kings 7:10Joshua 4:21I Kings 5:17Isaiah 7:11Matthew 12:39

(7) Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
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Joshua 3:13Joshua 3:14Joshua 3:15Joshua 3:16Joshua 4:6Exodus 12:14Exodus 28:12Exodus 30:16Numbers 16:40Psalms 111:4Isaiah 66:3I Corinthians 11:24

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Joshua 3:13Joshua 4:18Judges 7:24Joshua 3:17Joshua 5:1Joshua 3:8

(8) And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
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Joshua 4:2Joshua 4:3Joshua 4:4Joshua 4:5Joshua 1:16Joshua 1:17Joshua 1:18

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Joshua 12:7Joshua 4:9Joshua 4:20Joshua 4:5Joshua 4:10Joshua 22:7

(9) And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
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Exodus 24:12Exodus 28:21I Kings 18:31Psalms 111:2Psalms 111:3Psalms 111:4Genesis 26:33Deuteronomy 34:6Judges 1:26I Samuel 30:25II Samuel 4:3II Chronicles 5:9

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Joshua 3:15Joshua 4:18Joshua 4:7Joshua 3:17Joshua 4:10Joshua 4:8

(10) For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
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Joshua 3:13Joshua 3:16Joshua 3:17Isaiah 28:16Numbers 27:21Numbers 27:22Numbers 27:23Deuteronomy 31:9Exodus 12:39Psalms 119:60Proverbs 27:1Ecclesiastes 9:10

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Joshua 3:15Joshua 3:17Joshua 4:9Joshua 4:7Joshua 4:8Joshua 12:7

(11) And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
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Joshua 4:18Joshua 3:8Joshua 3:17

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I Samuel 9:4Joshua 3:17Judges 11:29II Samuel 15:23Deuteronomy 2:8Joshua 15:3

(12) And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:
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Joshua 1:14Numbers 32:20Numbers 32:21Numbers 32:22Numbers 32:23Numbers 32:24Numbers 32:25Numbers 32:26Numbers 32:27Numbers 32:28Numbers 32:29Numbers 32:30

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Numbers 34:14Joshua 13:29Joshua 21:6I Chronicles 6:61Joshua 20:8Numbers 32:33

(13) About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
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Ephesians 6:11Joshua 5:10II Kings 25:5Jeremiah 39:5Jeremiah 52:8

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I Samuel 9:4I Chronicles 5:18I Chronicles 12:36Judges 11:29II Samuel 15:23I Chronicles 19:17

(14) On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
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Joshua 1:16Joshua 1:17Joshua 1:18Joshua 3:7I Corinthians 10:2Exodus 14:31I Samuel 12:18I Kings 3:28II Chronicles 30:12Proverbs 24:21Romans 13:4

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Malachi 3:16

(15) And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
(16) Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
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Joshua 3:3Joshua 3:4Joshua 3:5Joshua 3:6Exodus 25:16Exodus 25:17Exodus 25:18Exodus 25:19Exodus 25:20Exodus 25:21Exodus 25:22Revelation 11:19

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Joshua 3:8Joshua 3:13Exodus 40:20Joshua 3:15Joshua 4:7Exodus 37:5

(17) Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
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Genesis 8:16Genesis 8:17Genesis 8:18Daniel 3:26Acts 16:23Acts 16:35Acts 16:36Acts 16:37Acts 16:38Acts 16:39

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Joshua 4:7Joshua 4:8Joshua 4:10Joshua 7:7Joshua 12:7Joshua 22:7

(18) And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
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Joshua 3:13Joshua 3:15Exodus 14:26Exodus 14:27Exodus 14:28I Chronicles 12:15Isaiah 8:8

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Joshua 3:13Joshua 4:7Joshua 3:15Joshua 3:17Judges 7:24Joshua 4:9

(19) And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
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Exodus 12:2Exodus 12:3Joshua 5:9Joshua 10:6Joshua 10:43Joshua 15:7I Samuel 11:14I Samuel 11:15I Samuel 15:33Amos 4:4Amos 5:5Micah 6:5

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Esther 3:7Joshua 15:5Joshua 16:1Ezekiel 47:18Genesis 8:5I Chronicles 6:78

(20) And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
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Joshua 4:3Joshua 4:8

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Joshua 4:8I Chronicles 29:2Numbers 7:87Joshua 4:9Joshua 4:7I Kings 7:10

(21) And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
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Joshua 4:6Psalms 105:2Psalms 105:3Psalms 105:4Psalms 105:5Psalms 145:4Psalms 145:5Psalms 145:6Psalms 145:7

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I Chronicles 29:2I Kings 7:10Joshua 4:6I Kings 5:17

(22) Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
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Joshua 3:17Exodus 14:29Exodus 15:19Psalms 66:5Psalms 66:6Isaiah 11:15Isaiah 11:16Isaiah 44:27Isaiah 51:10Revelation 16:12

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Joshua 3:17Joshua 4:18Joshua 4:7

(23) For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
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Exodus 14:21Nehemiah 9:11Psalms 77:16Psalms 77:17Psalms 77:18Psalms 77:19Psalms 78:13Isaiah 43:16Isaiah 63:12Isaiah 63:13Isaiah 63:14

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Joshua 4:7Joshua 5:1Joshua 3:13Judges 7:24Joshua 2:10Joshua 3:17

(24) That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
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Exodus 9:16Deuteronomy 28:10I Samuel 17:46I Kings 8:42I Kings 8:43II Kings 5:15II Kings 19:19Psalms 106:8Daniel 3:26Daniel 3:27Daniel 3:28Daniel 3:29

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