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12 Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe. 13 When the feet[a] of the priests carrying the ark of the Lord, the Lord[b] of the whole earth, touch[c] the water of the Jordan, the water coming downstream toward you will stop flowing and pile up.”[d]

14 So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went[e] ahead of them.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 3:13 tn Heb “the soles of the feet.”
  2. Joshua 3:13 tn Or “Ruler”; or “Master.”
  3. Joshua 3:13 tn Or “rest in.”
  4. Joshua 3:13 tn Heb “the waters of the Jordan, the waters descending from above, will be cut off so that they will stand in one pile.”
  5. Joshua 3:14 tn The verb, though not in the Hebrew, is added for clarification.