Joshua 3 Free Bible Version
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1 Early the following morning Joshua and the Israelites set out from Shittim and arrived at the banks of the Jordan. There they all spent the night before crossing over.
1 Y LEVANTÓSE Josué de mañana, y partieron de Sittim, y vinieron hasta el Jordán, él y todos los hijos de Israel, y reposaron allí antes que pasasen.
2 Three days later those in charge of the people went through the camp
2 Y pasados tres días, los oficiales atravesaron por medio del campo,
3 telling the people, “When you see the Ark of the Agreement of the Lord your God carried by the priests, the Levites, you must leave the place where you are and follow it.
3 Y mandaron al pueblo, diciendo: Cuando viereis el arca del pacto de Jehová vuestro Dios, y los sacerdotes y Levitas que la llevan, vosotros partiréis de vuestro lugar, y marcharéis en pos de ella.
4 That way you'll know which way to go, since you haven't been here before. Leave about 3,000 feet between you and the Ark. Don't go near it!”
4 Empero entre vosotros y ella haya distancia como de la medida de dos mil codos: y no os acercaréis á ella, á fin de que sepáis el camino por donde habéis de ir: por cuanto vosotros no habéis pasado antes de ahora por este camino.
5 Then Joshua said to the people, “Make sure you are pure, because tomorrow the Lord is going to do amazing things among you.”
5 Y Josué dijo al pueblo: Santificaos, porque Jehová hará mañana entre vosotros maravillas.
6 Joshua spoke to the priests, “Pick up the Ark of the Agreement and go before the people.” So they picked up the Ark of the Agreement and went ahead of the people.
6 Y habló Josué á los sacerdotes, diciendo: Tomad el arca del pacto, y pasad delante del pueblo. Y ellos tomaron el arca del pacto, y fueron delante del pueblo.
7 The Lord said to Joshua, “What I do today will confirm you as a great leader in the sight of all the Israelites, so that they'll realize that just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
7 Entonces Jehová dijo á Josué: Desde aqueste día comenzaré á hacerte grande delante de los ojos de todo Israel, para que entiendan que como fuí con Moisés, así seré contigo.
8 Tell the priests carrying the Ark of the Agreement, ‘When you get to the edge of the Jordan, take a few steps into the water and then stop.’”
8 Tú, pues, mandarás á los sacerdotes que llevan el arca del pacto, diciendo: Cuando hubiereis entrado hasta el borde del agua del Jordán, pararéis en el Jordán.
9 So Joshua said to the Israelites, “Come here and listen to what the Lord your God has to say to you.
9 Y Josué dijo á los hijos de Israel: Llegaos acá, y escuchad las palabras de Jehová vuestro Dios.
10 This is how you will know that the living God is right here with you,” he told them. “You can be sure that he will drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.
10 Y añadió Josué: En esto conoceréis que el Dios viviente está en medio de vosotros, y que él echará de delante de vosotros al Cananeo, y al Heteo, y al Heveo, y al Pherezeo, y al Gergeseo, y al Amorrheo, y al Jebuseo.
11 Just watch—the Ark of the Agreement of the Lord of all the earth will cross in front of you through the Jordan.
11 He aquí, el arca del pacto del Señoreador de toda la tierra pasa el Jordán delante de vosotros.
12 Choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.
12 Tomad, pues, ahora doce hombres de las tribus de Israel, de cada tribu uno.
13 The moment the priests carrying the Ark step into the water the river will stop flowing and the water will pile up.”
13 Y cuando las plantas de los pies de los sacerdotes que llevan el arca de Jehová Señoreador de toda la tierra, fueren asentadas sobre las aguas del Jordán, las aguas del Jordán se partirán: porque las aguas que vienen de arriba se detendrán en un montón.
14 So the people broke camp and set out to cross the Jordan, with the priests carrying the Ark ahead of them.
14 Y aconteció, que partiendo el pueblo de sus tiendas para pasar el Jordán, y los sacerdotes delante del pueblo llevando el arca del pacto,
15 As it was harvest season, the Jordan was full of water, overflowing its banks. But at the very moment the priests carrying the Ark stepped into the water, the river stopped flowing.
15 Cuando los que llevaban el arca entraron en el Jordán, así como los pies de los sacerdotes que llevaban el arca fueron mojados á la orilla del agua, (porque el Jordán suele reverter sobre todos sus bordes todo el tiempo de la siega,)
16 The water piled up a long way upstream, at the town of Adam, near Zarethan, while downstream no more water flowed into the Dead Sea. So the people crossed over, opposite Jericho.
16 Las aguas que venían de arriba, se pararon como en un montón bien lejos de la ciudad de Adam, que está al lado de Sarethan; y las que descendían á la mar de los llanos, al mar Salado, se acabaron y fueron partidas; y el pueblo pasó en derecho de Jericó.
17 The priests carrying the Ark stood on the dried-up riverbed of the Jordan as all the people went by, staying there until everyone had crossed over on dry ground.
17 Mas los sacerdotes que llevaban el arca del pacto de Jehová, estuvieron en seco, firmes en medio del Jordán, hasta que todo el pueblo hubo acabado de pasar el Jordán; y todo Israel pasó en seco.
Cross references (17)
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- 1 Joshua 2:1; Mark 1:35; Genesis 22:3; Jeremiah 7:13; Numbers 25:1
- 2 Joshua 1:10–11
- 3 Deuteronomy 31:9; 2 Samuel 6:13; Exodus 13:21–22; Numbers 10:33; Joshua 3:8
- 4 Psalm 89:7; Exodus 3:5; Hebrews 12:28–29; Exodus 19:12; 1 Chronicles 11:2
- 5 Leviticus 20:7; Joshua 7:13; 1 Samuel 16:5; Joel 2:16; John 17:19
- 6 Numbers 10:33; John 14:2–3; Joshua 3:3; Micah 2:13; Numbers 14:15
- 7 Joshua 4:14; Joshua 1:5; 1 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Chronicles 1:1; Psalm 18:35
- 8 Joshua 3:3; Joshua 3:17; 2 Chronicles 31:9–10; 2 Chronicles 35:2–6; 2 Chronicles 29:27
- 9 Deuteronomy 4:1; Deuteronomy 12:8
- 10 Deuteronomy 7:1; Exodus 33:2; Psalm 44:2–3; Hebrews 10:31; 1 Samuel 17:26
- 11 Zechariah 6:5; Psalm 24:1; Zechariah 4:14; Joshua 3:13; Micah 4:13
- 12 Joshua 4:2; Joshua 4:4; Joshua 4:9
- 13 Exodus 15:8; Psalm 78:13; Joshua 3:11; Joshua 3:15–16; Psalm 33:7
- 14 Acts 7:44–45; Psalm 132:8; Joshua 3:3; Hebrews 9:4; 1 Corinthians 1:24–25
- 15 1 Chronicles 12:15; Jeremiah 12:5; Jeremiah 49:19; Joshua 3:13; Joshua 4:18
- 16 Joshua 3:13; 1 Kings 4:12; 1 Kings 7:46; Genesis 14:3; Deuteronomy 1:1
- 17 Exodus 14:29; Exodus 14:22; Psalm 66:6; Isaiah 25:8; 2 Kings 2:8
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… when touched by the feet of the priests who bore the Ark, stood still from above with bridled stream, while it flowed down from below, where it ran on into the sea, until the whole people passed over, the priests standing on the dry ground. We know these things, but yet we should not imagine in this Psalm, to which …
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