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Deuteronomy 3

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¹ Then Joshua set up [a second monument of] twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day.

² For the priests who carried the ark were standing in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell the people, in accordance with everything that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people hurried and crossed [the dry riverbed];

³ and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the LORD and the priests crossed over in the presence of the people.

⁴ The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle before the [other] sons of Israel, just as Moses had spoken to them;

⁵ about 40,000 [men] armed and equipped for war crossed for battle before the LORD to the desert plains of Jericho.

⁶ On that day the LORD magnified and exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; so they feared him [with profound awe and reverence], just as they had feared Moses all the days of his life.

⁷ Now the LORD said to Joshua,

⁸ Order the priests carrying the ark of the Testimony to come up out of the Jordan.

⁹ So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, "Come up out of the Jordan."

¹⁰ When the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD had come up from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of their feet were raised up to the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and flowed over all its banks as before.

¹¹ Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth [day] of the first month and encamped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

¹² And those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal.

¹³ He said to the sons of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, 'What do these stones mean?'

¹⁴ then you shall let your children know, 'Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.'

¹⁵ For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you crossed over, just as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed;

¹⁶ so that all the peoples of the earth may know [without any doubt] and acknowledge that the hand of the LORD is mighty and extraordinarily powerful, so that you will fear the LORD your God [and obey and worship Him with profound awe and reverence] forever."

¹⁷ Now it happened when all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted [in despair], and there was no [fighting] spirit in them any longer because of the Israelites [and what God had done for them].

¹⁸ At that time the LORD said to Joshua, "Make for yourself flint knives and circumcise the [new generation of the] sons of Israel as [was done] before."

¹⁹ So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at[1] Gibeath-haaraloth.

²⁰ This is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness along the way after they left Egypt.

²¹ All the males who came out were circumcised, but all the males who were born in the wilderness on the way as they left Egypt had not been circumcised.

²² For the Israelites walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, that is, the men of war who came out of Egypt, died because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD; to them the LORD had sworn [an oath] that He would not let them see the land which He had promised to their fathers to give us, a land [of abundance][2] flowing with milk and honey.

²³ So it was their uncircumcised sons whom He raised up in their place, whom Joshua circumcised, because circumcision had not been performed on the way.

²⁴ Then, when they had finished circumcising all [the males of] the nation, they stayed in their places in the camp until they were healed.

²⁵ Then the LORD said to Joshua, "This day I have rolled away the reproach (derision, ridicule) of Egypt from you." So the name of that place is called Gilgal (rolling) to this day.

²⁶ While the Israelites camped at Gilgal they observed the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the desert plains of Jericho.

²⁷ On the day after Passover, on that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land, unleavened bread, and roasted grain.

²⁸ And the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten some of the produce of the land, so that the Israelites no longer had manna, but they ate some of the produce of the land of Canaan during that year.

²⁹ Now when Joshua was by Jericho, he looked up, and behold,[3] a man was standing opposite him with his drawn sword in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, "Are you for us or for our adversaries?"

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1	Then Joshua set up [a second monument of] twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day.
2	For the priests who carried the ark were standing in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell the people, in accordance with everything that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people hurried and crossed [the dry riverbed];
3	and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the LORD and the priests crossed over in the presence of the people.
4	The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle before the [other] sons of Israel, just as Moses had spoken to them;
5	about 40,000 [men] armed and equipped for war crossed for battle before the LORD to the desert plains of Jericho.
6	On that day the LORD magnified and exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; so they feared him [with profound awe and reverence], just as they had feared Moses all the days of his life.
7	Now the LORD said to Joshua,
8	Order the priests carrying the ark of the Testimony to come up out of the Jordan.
9	So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, "Come up out of the Jordan."
10	When the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD had come up from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of their feet were raised up to the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and flowed over all its banks as before.
11	Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth [day] of the first month and encamped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
12	And those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal.
13	He said to the sons of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, 'What do these stones mean?'
14	then you shall let your children know, 'Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.'
15	For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you crossed over, just as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed;
16	so that all the peoples of the earth may know [without any doubt] and acknowledge that the hand of the LORD is mighty and extraordinarily powerful, so that you will fear the LORD your God [and obey and worship Him with profound awe and reverence] forever."
17	Now it happened when all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted [in despair], and there was no [fighting] spirit in them any longer because of the Israelites [and what God had done for them].
18	At that time the LORD said to Joshua, "Make for yourself flint knives and circumcise the [new generation of the] sons of Israel as [was done] before."
19	So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at[1] Gibeath-haaraloth.
20	This is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness along the way after they left Egypt.
21	All the males who came out were circumcised, but all the males who were born in the wilderness on the way as they left Egypt had not been circumcised.
22	For the Israelites walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, that is, the men of war who came out of Egypt, died because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD; to them the LORD had sworn [an oath] that He would not let them see the land which He had promised to their fathers to give us, a land [of abundance][2] flowing with milk and honey.
23	So it was their uncircumcised sons whom He raised up in their place, whom Joshua circumcised, because circumcision had not been performed on the way.
24	Then, when they had finished circumcising all [the males of] the nation, they stayed in their places in the camp until they were healed.
25	Then the LORD said to Joshua, "This day I have rolled away the reproach (derision, ridicule) of Egypt from you." So the name of that place is called Gilgal (rolling) to this day.
26	While the Israelites camped at Gilgal they observed the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the desert plains of Jericho.
27	On the day after Passover, on that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land, unleavened bread, and roasted grain.
28	And the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten some of the produce of the land, so that the Israelites no longer had manna, but they ate some of the produce of the land of Canaan during that year.
29	Now when Joshua was by Jericho, he looked up, and behold,[3] a man was standing opposite him with his drawn sword in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, "Are you for us or for our adversaries?"

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