Joshua 3:17 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁷ The ground at that place became dry, and the priests carried the Box of the Agreement [13] of the Lord to the middle of the river and stopped. The priests waited there while all the people of Israel walked across the Jordan River on dry land.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And while all Israel passed over on dry ground, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, until all the nation finished passing over the Jordan.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over the Jordan.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ So the priests carrying the LORD’s covenant chest stood firmly on dry land in the middle of the Jordan. Meanwhile, all Israel crossed over on dry land, until the entire nation finished crossing over the Jordan.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Then the people advanced opposite Jericho. And the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord were standing, fully-dressed, upon dry soil in the midst of the Jordan, and all the people passed over, through the channel that was dried up.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And the people marched over against Jericho: and the priests, that carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, stood girded upon the dry ground in the midst of the Jordan. And all the people passed over through the channel that was dried up.

Joshua 3:17 Cross References

2 Kings 2:8

Elijah took off his coat, folded it, and hit the water with it. The water separated to the right and to the left. Then Elijah and Elisha crossed the river on dry ground.

Psalm 66:6

God made the sea become dry land. {\cf2\super [379]} \par His happy people walked across the river. {\cf2\super [380]} \par

Exodus 14:21

The Lord led the way. During the day, the Lord used a tall cloud to lead the people. And during the night, the Lord used a tall column of fire to lead the way. This fire gave them light so they could also travel at night.

Exodus 14:22

The tall cloud was always with them during the day, and the column of fire was always with them at night.

Exodus 14:29

But the people of Israel crossed the sea on dry land. The water was like a wall on their right and on their left.

Isaiah 25:8

But death will be destroyed forever. {\cf2\super [238]} And the Lord my Master will wipe away every tear from every face. \{In the past,\} all of his people were sad. But God will take away that sadness from the earth. All of this will happen because the Lord said it would.

Numbers 33:51

“Speak to the people of Israel. Tell them these things: You will cross the Jordan River. You will go into the land of Canaan.

Hebrews 11:29

And the people \{that Moses led\} all walked through the Red Sea like it was dry land. They were able to do this because they had faith. The Egyptians also tried to walk through the Red Sea, but they were all drowned.

Joshua 4:1

After all the people had crossed the Jordan River the Lord said to Joshua,

Joshua 4:10

The Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people what to do. Those were the things Moses had said Joshua must do. So the priests carrying the Holy Box [16] continued standing in the middle of the river until all those things were done. The people hurried across the river.

Joshua 4:11

The people finished crossing the river. After that, the priests carried the Box of the Lord to the front of the people.

Joshua 4:3

Tell them to look in the river where the priests were standing. Tell them to find twelve rocks in that place. Carry those twelve rocks with you. Put the twelve rocks in the place where you stay tonight.”

Joshua 5:1

So the Lord dried up the Jordan River until the people of Israel finished crossing it. The kings of the Amorites living west of the Jordan River and the Canaanites living by the Mediterranean Sea heard about this and became very scared. After that they were not brave enough to stand and fight against the people of Israel.