1 I usta Isus ujutru rano, i kretoše se od Sitima i dođoše do Jordana on i svi sinovi Izrailjevi, i noćiše onde a ne pređoše. 2 A posle tri dana prođoše upravitelji kroz logor, 3 i zapovediše narodu govoreći: Kad vidite kovčeg zaveta Gospoda Boga svog i sveštenike Levite gde ga nose, pođite i vi s mesta svog i idite za njim. 4 Ali neka bude daljine između vas i njega do dve hiljade lakata; bliže do njega ne primičite se, da biste poznali put kojim ćete ići, jer još nikada niste išli tim putem. 5 I Isus reče narodu: Osveštajte se, jer će sutra učiniti Gospod čudesa među vama. 6 Potom reče Isus sveštenicima govoreći: Uzmite kovčeg zavetni i idite pred narodom. I uzeše kovčeg zavetni i pođoše pred narodom. 7 A Gospod reče Isusu: Danas te počinjem uzvišavati pred svim Izrailjem da poznaju da ću i s tobom biti kao što sam bio s Mojsijem. 8 Zato ti zapovedi sveštenicima koji nose kovčeg zavetni, i reci: Kad dođete na kraj vode Jordana, stanite u Jordanu. 9 I reče Isus sinovima Izrailjevim: Pristupite ovamo, i čujte reči Gospoda Boga svog. 10 Po tom reče Isus: Po ovom ćete poznati da je Bog živi posred vas, i da će zaista odagnati ispred vas Hananeje i Heteje i Jeveje i Ferezeje i Gergeseje i Jevuseje: 11 Evo, kovčeg zaveta Gospoda svoj zemlji poći će pred vama preko Jordana. 12 Zato sada izaberite dvanaest ljudi iz plemena Izrailjevih, po jednog čoveka iz svakog plemena. 13 I čim sveštenici, noseći kovčeg zaveta Gospoda Gospoda svoj zemlji, stanu nogama svojim u vodi jordanskoj, voda će se u Jordanu rastvoriti, te će voda koja teče odozgo stati u gomilu. 14 I kad se podiže narod iz šatora svojih da pređe preko Jordana, i sveštenici ponesoše kovčeg zavetni pred narodom, 15 i kad oni što su nosili kovčeg dođoše do Jordana, i sveštenici noseći kovčeg okvasiše noge svoje na kraju vode (jer je Jordan pun preko bregova svojih za sve vreme žetve), 16 zaustavi se voda što je tekla odozgo, i stade u jednu gomilu vrlo nadaleko, kod grada Adama, koji je kraj Zaretana; a što je teklo dole u more kraj polja, more slano, oteče sasvim; i narod prelažaše prema Jerihonu. 17 A sveštenici koji su nosili kovčeg zaveta Gospodnjeg stajahu na suvom usred Jordana bez straha, a sav Izrailj iđaše po suvom, dokle sav narod ne pređe preko Jordana.
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… 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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