Joshua 3:15

Translations

Modern

Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,

Traditional

And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)

Literal

…and at those bearing the ark coming in to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark being dipped into the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows on all its banks all of the days of the harvest),

Latin

Ingressisque eis Jordanem, et pedibus eorum in parte aquæ tinctis (Jordanis autem ripas alvei sui tempore messis impleverat),

Original

Hebrew

English

Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,

Notes

Joshua 3:15

The Jordan was overflowing its banks as a result of the spring runoff of the winter’s rainfall and snowfall, especially from Mount Hermon.

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua

Events

Crossing the Jordan into Canaan

Related verses

1 Chronicles 12:15
These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.
Joshua 4:18
When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.
Jeremiah 12:5
“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
Jeremiah 49:19
Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
Joshua 3:13
When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.”
Deuteronomy 16:1–9
Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
Joshua 5:10–12
On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.
Isaiah 26:6
Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.
Leviticus 23:10–16
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.

Places

Jordan: A river and region, significant in Israel's history

Glossary

Ark of the Covenant Conquest and Allotment of the Land Fords of the Jordan Jordan River Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Numbers, Book of Rahab (Person) Tribe of Dan

Topics

Jordan: Swelling of, at Harvest Time Miracles Wrought Through Servants of God: Joshua: Waters of Jordan Divided Miracles: Catalogue of The Jordan River Divided Rivers: Banks of Frequently Overflowed the River Jordan: Often Overflowed the River Jordan: Remarkable Events Connected With: Division of Its Waters to Let Israel Pass Over Water: The Jordan River

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