Joshua 3:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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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

Then Elijah took his mantle, and rolled it up, and struck the water, and the water was parted to the one side and to the other, till the two of them could go over on dry ground.

Psalm 66:6

He turned the sea into dry land; men passed through the river on foot. There did we rejoice in him,

Exodus 14:21

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

Exodus 14:22

And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

Exodus 14:29

But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death for ever, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth; for the Lord has spoken.

Numbers 33:51

“Say to the people of Israel, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Hebrews 11:29

By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as if on dry land; but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned.

Joshua 4:1

When all the nation had finished passing over the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

Joshua 4:10

For the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to tell the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people passed over in haste;

Joshua 4:11

and when all the people had finished passing over, the ark of the Lord and the priests passed over before the people.

Joshua 4:22

then you shall let your children know, ‘Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.’

Joshua 4:3

and command them, ‘Take twelve stones from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests' feet stood, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the place where you lodge tonight.’ ”

Joshua 5:1

When all the kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites that were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan for the people of Israel until they had crossed over, their heart melted, and there was no longer any spirit in them, because of the people of Israel.