Joshua 3:5

And Joshua said to the people, Hallow yourselves; for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders in your midst.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Ye shall not come near it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

6And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and go over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:10And Jehovah said to Moses, Go to the people, and hallow them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their clothes;

Leviticus 20:7Hallow yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Jehovah your God.

Joshua 3:13And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan, the waters flowing down from above, shall be cut off, and shall stand up in a heap.

Joshua 7:13Rise up, hallow the people, and say, Hallow yourselves for to-morrow; for thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, Israel: thou shalt not be able to stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from your midst.

Job 1:5And it was so, when the days of the feasting were gone about, that Job sent and hallowed them; and he rose up early in the morning, and offered up burnt-offerings [according to] the number of them all; for Job said, It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

Psalms 86:10For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God, thou alone.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 3:2-7

Preparation for Passing over the Jordan. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. 2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host; 3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. 4 Yet there shall be… Read the whole commentary →

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