Archive THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Joshua Chapter 1 to 24)

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Joshua 2:23 (NLT)
Then the two spies came down from the hill country, crossed the Jordan River and reported to Joshua all that had happened to them.
 
Joshua 2:24 (NLT)
"The LORD has given us the whole land," they said, "for all the people in the land are terrified of us."
 
Joshua 3:1 (NLT)
Early the next morning Joshua and all the Israelites left Acacia Grove and
arrived at the banks of the Jordan River, where they camped before crossing.
 
Joshua 3:3 (NLT)

3 giving these instructions to the people: “When you see the Levitical priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD your God, move out from your positions and follow them.
 
Joshua 3:4 (NLT)

4 Since you have never traveled this way before, they will guide you. Stay about a half mile behind them, keeping a clear distance between you and the Ark. Make sure you don’t come any closer.”
 
Joshua 3:7 (NLT) - 7 The LORD told Joshua, “Today I will begin to make you a great leader in the eyes of all the Israelites. They will know that I am with you, just as I was with Moses.
 
Joshua 3:8 (NLT) - 8 Give this command to the priests who carry the Ark of the Covenant: ‘When you reach the banks of the Jordan River, take a few steps into the river and stop there.’”
 
Joshua 3:10 (NLT) - 10 Today you will know that the living God is among you. He will surely drive out the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites ahead of you.
 
Joshua 3:11 (NLT) - 11 Look, the Ark of the Covenant, which belongs to the Lord of the whole earth, will lead you across the Jordan River!
 
Joshua 3:13 (NLT)

13 The priests will carry the Ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth. As soon as their feet touch the water, the flow of water will be cut off upstream, and the river will stand up like a wall.”
 
Joshua 3:15 (NLT)

15 It was the harvest season, and the Jordan was overflowing its banks. But as soon as the feet of the priests who were carrying the Ark touched the water at the river’s edge,
 
Joshua 3:16 (NLT)

16 the water above that point began backing up a great distance away at a town called Adam, which is near Zarethan. And the water below that point flowed on to the Dead Sea[c] until the riverbed was dry. Then all the people crossed over near the town of Jericho.
 
Joshua 3:17 (NLT)

17 Meanwhile, the priests who were carrying the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant stood on dry ground in the middle of the riverbed as the people passed by. They waited there until the whole nation of Israel had crossed the Jordan on dry ground.
 
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