The Parting of the Jordan – Joshua – The Brick Bible

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Yahweh said to Joshua, 'Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenant ' When you reach the edge of the Jordan, wade in the waters of the river. '

1 of 8 Joshua 3:7–8

Joshua told the Israelites, 'When the feet of the priests carrying the ark of Yahweh touch the water of the Jordan, waters flowing downstream will stop flowing and pile up.'

2 of 8 Joshua 3:9,13

'This is how you will know the living God is with you and that he will truly drive out before you the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites.'

3 of 8 Joshua 3:10

So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.

4 of 8 Joshua 3:14

As soon as the feet of the priests carrying the ark of the covenant touched the water, the water coming downstream toward them stopped.

5 of 8 Joshua 3:15–16

And so the people crossed the Jordan opposite Jericho.

6 of 8 Joshua 3:16

Then Joshua commanded the priests, 'Come up out of the Jordan.'

7 of 8 Joshua 4:17

As soon as the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of Yahweh set foot on dry land, the water of the Jordan flowed over its banks again.

8 of 8 Joshua 4:18

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