1 So then Joshua rose early in the morning, and they brake up from The Acacias and came as far as the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel,and they lodged there before they passed over.2 And it came to pass, after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp,3 and commanded the people saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and, the priests the Levites, bearing it, ye also, shall break up out of your place, and come after it.4 Yet 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.5 Then said Joshua unto the people, Hallow yourselves,for, to-morrow, will Yahweh do in your midst, wonderful things.6 And 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.7 Then said Yahweh unto Joshua: This day, will I begin to magnify thee in the eyes of all Israel,who shall know, that, as I was with Moses, I will be with thee.8 Thou, therefore, shalt command the priests who am bearing the ark of the covenant, saying,When ye are come as far as the edge of the waters of the Jordan, in the Jordan, shall ye stand.9 Then said Joshua, unto the sons of Israel,Draw near hither, and hear ye the words of Yahweh your God.10 And Joshua said, Hereby, shall ye know, that a Living GOD is in your midst,and that he will, certainly dispossess, from before you, the Canaanite and the Hittite, and the Hivite and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.11 Lo! the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth, is about to pass before you into the Jordan.12 Now, therefore, take you twelve men, out of the tribes of Israel,one man severally for each tribe;13 and 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.14 And it came to pass, when the people set out from their tents, to cross the Jordan,with the priests, bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,15 then, as the bearers of the ark came as far as the Jordan, and, the feet of the priests who were bearing the ark, were dipped in the edge of the waters,the Jordan being full over all his banks, all the days of harvest,16 that the waters which were coming down from above, stoodrose up in one mound, a great way off, by the city Adam, which is beside Zarethan, and, they which were going down to the sea of the waste plain, the salt sea, failedwere cut off,and, the people, passed over, right against Jericho.17 And the priests who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, stood on dry ground, in the midst of the Jordan, with firm footing,while all Israel were passing over on dry ground, until all the nation had made an end of passing over the Jordan.

1 Levantou-se, pois, Josué de madrugada, e partiram de Sitim, e vieram até ao Jordão, ele e todos os filhos de Israel, e pousaram ali antes que passassem. 2 E sucedeu, ao fim de três dias, que os príncipes passaram pelo meio do arraial 3 e ordenaram ao povo, dizendo: Quando virdes a arca do concerto do Senhor, vosso Deus, e que os sacerdotes levitas a levam, parti vós também do vosso lugar e segui-a. 4 Haja, contudo, distância entre vós e ela, como da medida de dois mil côvados; e não vos chegueis a ela, para que saibais o caminho pelo qual haveis de ir; porquanto por este caminho nunca passastes antes. 5 Disse Josué também ao povo: Santificai-vos, porque amanhã fará o Senhor maravilhas no meio de vós. 6 E falou Josué aos sacerdotes, dizendo: Levantai a arca do concerto e passai adiante deste povo. Levantaram, pois, a arca do concerto e foram andando adiante do povo.

7 E o Senhor disse a Josué: Este dia começarei a engrandecer-te perante os olhos de todo o Israel, para que saibam que assim como fui com Moisés assim serei contigo. 8 Tu, pois, ordenarás aos sacerdotes que levam a arca do concerto, dizendo: Quando vierdes até à borda das águas do Jordão, parareis no Jordão. 9 Então, disse Josué aos filhos de Israel: Chegai-vos para cá e ouvi as palavras do Senhor, vosso Deus. 10 Disse mais Josué: Nisto conhecereis que o Deus vivo está no meio de vós e que de todo lançará de diante de vós os cananeus, e os heteus, e os heveus, e os ferezeus, e os girgaseus, e os amorreus, e os jebuseus. 11 Eis que a arca do concerto do Senhor de toda a terra passa o Jordão diante de vós. 12 Tomai, pois, agora, doze homens das tribos de Israel, de cada tribo um homem; 13 porque há de acontecer que, assim que as plantas dos pés dos sacerdotes que levam a arca do Senhor, o Senhor de toda a terra, repousem nas águas do Jordão, se separarão as águas do Jordão, e as águas que de cima descem pararão num montão.

14 E aconteceu que, partindo o povo das suas tendas, para passar o Jordão, levavam os sacerdotes a arca do concerto diante do povo. 15 E, quando os que levavam a arca chegaram até ao Jordão, e os pés dos sacerdotes que levavam a arca se molharam na borda das águas (porque o Jordão transbordava sobre todas as suas ribanceiras, todos os dias da sega), 16 pararam-se as águas que vinham de cima; levantaram-se num montão, mui longe da cidade de Adã, que está da banda de Sartã; e as que desciam ao mar das Campinas, que é o mar Salgado, faltavam de todo e separaram-se; então, passou o povo defronte de Jericó. 17 Porém os sacerdotes que levavam a arca do concerto do Senhor pararam firmes em seco no meio do Jordão; e todo o Israel passou em seco, até que todo o povo acabou de passar o Jordão.