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And Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you."
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And Joshua said to the priests, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass on before the people." And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
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And the LORD said to Joshua, "This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
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And you shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, 'When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.'"
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And Joshua said to the people of Israel, "Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God."
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And Joshua said, "Hereby you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Per'izzites, the Gir'gashites, the Amorites, and the Jeb'usites.
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Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is to pass over before you into the Jordan.
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Now therefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, from each tribe a man.
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And when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be stopped from flowing, and the waters coming down from above shall stand in one heap."
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So, when the people set out from their tents, to pass over the Jordan with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,
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and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest),