mountains, and passed over; and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things as they had found them,

And they said unto Joshua, The LORD hath delivered all the land into our hand: even so all the inhabitants of the land are cowardly before us.
(Joshua)
Chapter 3
Israel goes through the Jordan dry-footed.

And Joshua arose early, and they departed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there overnight, before they passed over.

And after three days the captains passed through the camp.

And they commanded the people, saying: When ye shall see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests of the Levites bearing it, then go out from your place, and follow it.

But that between you and her there be a space of two thousand cubits. Ye shall not come nigh unto her, that ye may know by what way ye must go: for ye went not that way before.

And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do a miracle among you.

And he said unto the priests, Carry the ark of the covenant, and go before the people. So they bare the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee before all Israel, that they may know how I was with Moses, even so with thee.

And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come forward into the waters of Jordan, then stand still.

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come near, and hear the words of the LORD your God.

And he said, By this ye shall know that there is a living God among you, and that he will drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Gergosites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Ruler of all the earth shall pass before you into Jordan.

Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe one.

And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the ruler of all the earth, are let down into the waters of Jordan, that the waters which flow down from above into Jordan shall be cut off, and shall stand upon a heap.

And when the people went forth out of their tents to pass over Jordan, and the priests bare the ark of the covenant before the people

And they came to Jordan, and dipped their feet in the water before them, (and Jordan was full upon all his banks all the harvest time.)

And the waters stood, which came down from above, set up over a heap, very far from the people of the city that lieth on the side of Zartan: but the waters that ran down to the sea, even to the salt sea, abated and were consumed. So the people went over against Jericho.

And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were dry in the midst of Jordan. And all Israel passed through dry, until all the people were all come over Jordan.
(Joshua)
Chapter 4
Memorials of the miraculous passage through the Jordan.

And the LORD said unto Joshua:

Take you twelve men, out of every tribe one.

And command ye them, saying, Take up out of Jordan twelve stones from the place where the priests’ feet stand, and bring them over with you, and leave them in the inn, where ye shall lodge this night.

Then Joshua called twelve men, which were appointed of the children of Israel, out of every tribe one,

And he said unto them: Go over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and lift every man a stone upon his shoulder according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel,

That they may be a sign among you. When your children shall ask their fathers in time to
come, saying: What do these stones do?

And ye shall tell them how the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, when it passed over Jordan: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

And the children of Israel did as Joshua commanded them, and took 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 brought them over with them unto the inn, and left them there.

And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, where the feet of the priests that bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

For the priests that bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until all things were fulfilled, which the LORD commanded Joshua to say unto the people, as Moses commanded Joshua.
And the people hasted, and passed over.

And when all the people were passed over, the ark of the LORD passed over also, and the priests before the people.

And the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, went armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them.

And forty thousand armed for an army went before the LORD to battle in the plains of Jericho.

In 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.

And the LORD said unto Joshua:
16: Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.

So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of Jordan.

And when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of Jordan, and trod upon the dry land with the soles of their feet, the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed as before upon all the banks thereof.

And it was the tenth day of the first month, when the people came up out of Jordan, and pitched in Gilgal toward the east of Jericho.

And the twelve stones which they had taken out of Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal.

And he said unto the children of Israel, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

Then ye shall make it known unto them, saying, Israel passed over Jordan dry, 23. When the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye passed over; as the LORD your God did in the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we passed over;

That all the nations of the earth may know the hand of the LORD, how mighty it is: that ye may fear the LORD your God always.
(Joshua)
Chapter 5
Circumcision and Passover performed in the Promised Land.

And when all the kings of the Amorites that dwelt on the west side Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites that dwelt by the sea, heard how that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until they were passed over, their heart was troubled, and there was no more courage in them from before the children of Israel.

And at that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee knives of stone, and circumcise the children of Israel again the second time.

And Joshua made him knives of stone, and circumcised the children of Israel in the hill of Araloth.

And this is the cause why Joshua circumcised all the people that came out of Egypt, even the likenesses of men: for all the men of war died in the wilderness in the way that they came out of Egypt.

For all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness, in the way that they came out of Egypt, they were not circumcised.

For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the people of the men of war that came out of Egypt perished, because they hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD: as the LORD sware unto them that they should not see the land which the LORD
sware unto their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

The same children that came up in their stead Joshua circumcised: for they had foreskin, and were not circumcised in the way.

And when all the people were circumcised, they abode in their place in the camp, until they were healed.

And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I turned away the reproach of Egypt from you: and the same place was called Gilgal unto this day.

And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were encamped in Gilgal, that they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening in the coasts of Jericho.

And they did eat of the corn of the land on the second day of the passover, unleavened bread, and singing, the same day.

And the man ceased on the morrow, when they did eat the corn of the land, that the children of Israel had no more man; but they did eat the corn of the land of Canaan of the same year.

And it came to pass, when Joshua was at Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes, and perceived a man standing against him, having a mere sword in his hand. And Joshua