1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.

2 And it came to pass at the end of three days, that the officers went through the camp;

3 and they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then remove from your place, and go after it;

4 yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Ye shall not come near it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

5 And Joshua said to the people, Hallow yourselves; for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders in your midst.

6 And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and go over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

7 And Jehovah said to Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee.

8 And thou shalt command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, stand still in the Jordan.

9 And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God.

10 And Joshua said, Hereby shall ye know that the living *God is in your midst, and {that} he will without fail dispossess from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is going over before you into the Jordan.

12 And now take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.

13 And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan, the waters flowing down from above, shall be cut off, and shall stand up in a heap.

14 And it came to pass when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, that the priests bearing the ark of the covenant were before the people;

15 and when they that bore the ark were come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water (and the Jordan is full over all its banks throughout the days of harvest),

16 the waters which flowed down from above stood {and} rose up in a heap, very far, by Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan; and those that flowed down towards the sea of the plain, the salt sea, were completely cut off. And the people went over opposite to Jericho.

17 And the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan. And all Israel went over on dry ground, until all the nation had completely gone over the Jordan.

1 约书亚清早起来， 和全体以色列人从什亭出发， 来到约旦河， 在那里住宿， 等候过河。

2 过了三天， 官长走遍营中，

3 吩咐人民说： "你们看见耶和华你们的 神的约柜， 又看见抬约柜的利未支派的祭司的时候， 就要从你们所住的地方出发， 跟在约柜后面走。

4 只是你们和约柜之间应有一段距离， 相隔约一公里， 不可走近约柜， 好使你们知道你们应走的路， 因为这条路你们以前没有走过。"

5 约书亚对人民说： "你们要自洁， 因为明天耶和华要在你们中间行奇事。"

6 约书亚又吩咐祭司说： "你们要抬起约柜， 在人民前面过河去。"于是他们抬起约柜， 走在人民的前面。

7 耶和华对约书亚说： "今天起， 我要使你在以色列众人眼中成为尊大， 这样他们就知道我怎样与摩西同在， 也必照样与你同在。

8 你要吩咐抬着约柜的祭司说： ‘你们到了约旦河水边的时候， 要站在约旦河中。’"

9 约书亚对以色列人说： "你们走近这里来， 聆听耶和华你们的 神的话。

10 约书亚说： "看哪， 全地之主的约柜必在你们前面过约旦河， 你们因此就知道永活的 神是在你们中间， 他必把迦南人、赫人、希未人、比利洗人、革迦撒人、亚摩利人和耶布斯人， 从你们面前驱逐出去。

12 现在你们要从以色列众支派中选十二个人， 每支派一人。

13 抬全地之主耶和华约柜的祭司的脚掌一踏进约旦河水里， 约旦河的水必被截断， 那从上游流下来的水必立起成垒。"

14 人民离开帐棚出发， 要过约旦河的时候， 抬约柜的祭司在人民的前面。

15 抬约柜的祭司来到约旦河， 他们的脚碰到水边的时候（原来约旦河水在收割的日子， 常是涨过两岸的），

16 水就停住了， 那从上游流下来的水立起成垒， 在很远的地方， 就是在撒拉但旁边的亚当城那里停住； 那往下流入亚拉巴海， 就是盐海的水完全被截断； 于是人民就在耶利哥的对面过了河。

17 抬耶和华约柜的祭司在约旦河中间的干地上站住， 等以色列众人都在干地上走过去， 直到全国的人都完全走过了约旦河为止。