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Text -- Joshua 3:1-5 (NET)
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Context
Israel Crosses the Jordan
3:1 Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan . They camped there before crossing the river.
3:2 After three days the leaders went through the camp
3:3 and 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.
3:4 But stay about three thousand feet behind it. Keep your distance so you can see which way you should go , for you have not traveled this way before .”
3:5 Joshua told the people , “Ritually consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will perform miraculous deeds among you.”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Priest |
Jordan |
Tabernacle |
SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY |
SHITTIM |
SABBATHDAYS JOURNEY |
LEVITES |
Israel |
Rising |
WONDER; WONDERFUL |
ARK OF THE COVENANT |
ABEL-SHITTIM |
HERETOFORE |
MEADOW |
TABERNACLE, B |
WRITING, 2 |
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