Joshua 3:5

Crossing the Jordan · Joshua 3:1–17
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Translations

Modern
Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”
Traditional
And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
Literal
And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow YHWH will do wonders among you.”
Latin
Dixitque Josue ad populum: Sanctificamini: cras enim faciet Dominus inter vos mirabilia.

Original

Hebrew
English
Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”

Notes

Consecrate yourselves: They had to separate themselves from anything ceremonially unclean that would prevent an Israelite from being able to enter God's presence (see Exodus 19:9–20; Leviticus 11:44).

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua The Ark of the Covenant

Events

People

Joshua: Moses' assistant who led Israel into Canaan

Glossary

Conquest and Allotment of the Land Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Numbers, Book of Rahab (Person) Tribe of Dan

Topics

Consciousness After Death Tabernacle: Carried in Front of the People of Israel in the Line of March the River Jordan: Passage of Israel Over in an Appointed Order