Deuteronomy 3:18

Instructions to the Transjordanian Tribes

3:18 At that time I instructed you as follows: “The Lord your God has given you this land for your possession. You warriors are to cross over before your fellow Israelites ¹  equipped for battle.

Deuteronomy 11:31

11:31 For you are about to cross the Jordan to possess the land the Lord your God is giving you, and you will possess and inhabit it.

Deuteronomy 27:2

27:2 When you cross the Jordan River ²  to the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must erect great stones and cover ³  them with plaster.

Joshua 1:11

1:11 “Go through the camp and command the people, ‘Prepare your supplies, for within three days you will cross the Jordan River and begin the conquest of the land the Lord your God is ready to hand over to you.’” ⁴ 

Joshua 3:6

3:6 Joshua told the priests, “Pick up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.

Joshua 3:14

3:14 So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ⁵  ahead of them.

Joshua 3:16

3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. ⁶  It piled up far upstream ⁷  at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). ⁸  The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. ⁹ 

Joshua 4:5

4:5 Joshua told them, “Go in front of the ark of the Lord your God to the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to put a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the Israelite tribes.

Joshua 4:19

4:19 The people went up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month ¹⁰  and camped in Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho. ¹¹ 

¹ tn Heb “your brothers, the sons of Israel.”

² tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “plaster” (so KJV, ASV; likewise in v. 4). In the translation “cover” has been used for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Heb “to enter to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving to you to possess it.”

⁵ tn The verb, though not in the Hebrew, is added for clarification.

⁶ tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”

⁷ tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”

⁸ tn Heb “the [waters] descending toward the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) were completely cut off.”

⁹ map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

¹⁰ sn The first month was the month Abib (= late March-early April in the modern calendar). The Passover in Egypt also occurred on the tenth day of the first month (Exod 12:2; 13:4).

¹¹ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.