Joshua 3 · Kingdoms of Scripture

1Joshua rose early in the morning, and they set out from Shittim and came as far as the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and they stayed the night there before they crossed.

2At the end of three days the officials crossed through the middle of the camp.

3They commanded the people, saying, When you see the chest of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and the priests, the Levites, carrying it, you shall set out from your place and walk after it.

4Only there shall be a distance between you and it of about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it, so that you may know the road you are to walk, for you have not crossed this way since yesterday and the day before.

Notes (1)

Text
The written consonants are ובינו, “and between it.” The Masoretic reading is וביניו, the same phrase with a yod. The written spelling is printed. Two thousand cubits are left as cubits.

5Joshua said to the people, Set yourselves apart, for tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders among you.

6Joshua said to the priests, saying, Lift the chest of the covenant and cross ahead of the people. They lifted the chest of the covenant and walked ahead of the people.

7Yahweh said to Joshua, This day I will begin to make you great in the eyes of all Israel, so that they know that as I was with Moses, I will be with you.

8You shall command the priests who carry the chest of the covenant, saying, When you come to the edge of the water of the Jordan, you shall stand in the Jordan.

9Joshua said to the sons of Israel, Draw near here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God.

10Joshua said, By this you shall know that a living God is among you, and he will dispossess, dispossess from before you the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite.

Notes (1)

Translation
El chai is a living God. El is the short word. Elohim is not written in this phrase. Horesh yorish is he will dispossess, dispossess.

11Look, the chest of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing ahead of you into the Jordan.

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Translation
Adon is lord, a title. It is not the name Yahweh. The name is not written in this phrase.

12Now take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man, one man for a tribe.

13When the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the chest of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan will be cut off. The waters coming down from above will stand in one heap.

14When the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the chest of the covenant were ahead of the people.

15As the carriers of the chest came to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who carried the chest dipped into the edge of the water, the Jordan was full over all its banks all the days of harvest.

16The waters coming down from above stood. They rose in one heap, a long way off, in Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan. The waters going down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, failed. They were cut off. And the people crossed opposite Jericho.

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Text
The written consonants are באדם, “in Adam.” The Masoretic reading is מאדם, “from Adam.” The written “in Adam” is printed. Yam ha-melach is the Salt Sea.

17The priests who carried the chest of the covenant of Yahweh stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, and all Israel crossed on dry ground until the whole nation finished crossing the Jordan.

1Joshua rose early in the morning, and they set out from Shittim and came as far as the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and they stayed the night there before they crossed.

2At the end of three days the officials crossed through the middle of the camp.

3They commanded the people, saying, When you see the chest of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and the priests, the Levites, carrying it, you shall set out from your place and walk after it.

Notes (1)

Text
The written consonants are ובינו, “and between it.” The Masoretic reading is וביניו, the same phrase with a yod. The written spelling is printed. Two thousand cubits are left as cubits.

5Joshua said to the people, Set yourselves apart, for tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders among you.

6Joshua said to the priests, saying, Lift the chest of the covenant and cross ahead of the people. They lifted the chest of the covenant and walked ahead of the people.

7Yahweh said to Joshua, This day I will begin to make you great in the eyes of all Israel, so that they know that as I was with Moses, I will be with you.

8You shall command the priests who carry the chest of the covenant, saying, When you come to the edge of the water of the Jordan, you shall stand in the Jordan.

9Joshua said to the sons of Israel, Draw near here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God.

Notes (1)

Translation
El chai is a living God. El is the short word. Elohim is not written in this phrase. Horesh yorish is he will dispossess, dispossess.

11Look, the chest of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing ahead of you into the Jordan.

Notes (1)

Translation
Adon is lord, a title. It is not the name Yahweh. The name is not written in this phrase.

12Now take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man, one man for a tribe.

14When the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the chest of the covenant were ahead of the people.

15As the carriers of the chest came to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who carried the chest dipped into the edge of the water, the Jordan was full over all its banks all the days of harvest.

Notes (1)

Text
The written consonants are באדם, “in Adam.” The Masoretic reading is מאדם, “from Adam.” The written “in Adam” is printed. Yam ha-melach is the Salt Sea.