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Joshua 3:13

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It shall be that 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. The waters that come down from above shall stand in one heap.”

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Joshua 3:13 in other translations

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

Joshua 3:13 · American Standard Version

Joshua 3:13 in context

  1. 11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.
  2. 12Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
  3. 13It shall be that 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. The waters that come down from above shall stand in one heap.”
  4. 14When the people moved from their tents to pass over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people,
  5. 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),