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Rh and they went over to Joshua the son of Naue, and told him all things that had happened to them. And they said to Joshua, The Lord has delivered all the land into our power, and all the inhabitants of that land tremble because of us.

3. And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and departed from Sattin, and they came as far as Jordan, and lodged there before they crossed over. And it came to pass after three days, that the scribes went through the camp; and they charged the people, saying, When ye shall see the ark of the covenant of the Lord our God, and our priests and the Levites bearing it, ye shall depart from your places, and ye shall go after it. But let there be a distance between you and it; ye shall stand as much as two thousand cubits from it. Do not draw nigh to it, that ye may know the way which ye are to go; for ye have not gone the way before. And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, for to-morrow the Lord will do wonders among you. And Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and go before the people: and the priests took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and went before the people. And the Lord said to Joshua, This day do I begin to exalt thee before all the children of Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so will I also be with thee. And now charge the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, As soon as ye shall enter on a part of the water of Jordan, then ye shall stand in Jordan.

And Joshua said to the children of Isracl, Come hither, and hearken to the word of the Lord our God. Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and will utterly destroy from fore our face the Chananite, and the Chettite and Pherczite, and the Evite, and the Amorite, and the Gergesite, and the Jebusite. ' Behold the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over Jordan. ! Choose for yourselves twelve men of the sons of lsracl, one of each tribe. '@ And it shall come to pass, when the fect of the priests that bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth rest in the water of Jordan, the water of Jordan below shall fail, and the water coming down from above shall stop. M And the people removed from their tents to cross over Jordan, and the priests bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord before the people. '* And when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord cntered upon Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord were dipped in part of the water of Jordan; (now Jordan overflowed *all its +gr.itswhole banks *about the time of Papker chan wheat harvest.) ' Then the g, agon waters that came down from the days. above stopped; there stood one solid heap very far off, as far as *the region of Kariathiarim, and *the +g6r. apart. lower part came down to !Gr that which came the sca of Araba, the salt down. sea, till 1t completely failed; and the peoplestood opposite Jericho. '"And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood on dry land in the midst of Jordan; and all the children of Israel went through on dry land, until all the people had com- pletely gone over Jordan.

4. And when the people had completely passed over Jordan, the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying, *Take men from the people, one of each tribe, *and charge them; and yeshall takeout of the midst of Jordan twelve *fit stoncs, and having carried them across together with yourselves, place them in your camp, where ye shall y encamp for the night. *And Joshua

1 Gr.ready. Heb, ]‘Jt! E.V. firm, applied to the feet of the riests.