Joshua 3:5

Then said Joshua unto the people, Hallow yourselves,—for, to-morrow, will Yahweh do in your midst, wonderful things.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 shall there be, a distance, between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure,—do not come near unto it that ye may get to know the way by which ye must go, for ye have not passed this way, heretofore.

6And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take ye up the ark of the covenant, and pass on before the people. So they took up the ark of the covenant, and went on before the people.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:10And Yahweh said unto Moses—Go unto the people, and thou shalt hallow them to-day, and to-morrow,—and they shall wash their clothes;

Leviticus 20:7Therefore shall ye hallow yourselves and be holy,—Because I—Yahweh, am your God.

Joshua 3:13and it shall be, when the soles of the feet of the priests who are bearing the ark of Yahweh, Lord of all the earth, do rest, in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan, shall be cut off, the waters that are coming down from above,—and shall stand in one mound.

Joshua 7:13Up! hallow the people, and thou shalt say, Hallow yourselves by to-morrow,—for, Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel: A devoted thing, is in the midst of thee O Israel, Thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye have put away the devoted thing out of your midst.

Job 1:5And so it was, when the days of the banquet came round, that Job sent and hallowed them, and rising early in the morning offered ascending-sacrifices according to the number of them all; for Job said, Peradventure my sons have sinned, and have cursed God in their hearts. Thus and thus, was Job wont to do all the days.

Psalms 86:10For great thou art, and doest wondrous things, Thou, O God, of thyself 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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