Joshua 3:5

Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”

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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

4so that you can learn the ford by which you are to cross, because you have never crossed here before. Only, you must not come close to the ark. Between it and you there must be a space kept of two thousand cubits.”

6To the priests he said, “Lift the ark of the covenant and go in front of the people.” So they lifted the ark of the covenant and went in front of the people.

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Cross References

Joshua 3:13Whenever the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the water of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan will be stopped. The waters which are flowing down, they will be dammed up.”

Joshua 7:13Go and consecrate the people. Tell them to consecrate themselves for tomorrow. Tell them this from the Lord the God of Israel: There is a thing dedicated to me among you, O Israel. You cannot hold your own against your enemies until you put that thing away from you.

Psalms 86:10For great are you, and a doer of wonders; you alone are God.

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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