Joshua 3:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Now, tell the priests who are carrying the chest to go a little way into the river and stand there.”

Cross References

2 Kings 2:6

Elijah then said to Elisha, “Now the LORD wants me to go to the River Jordan, but you must stay here.” Elisha replied, “I swear by the living LORD and by your own life that I will never leave you!” So the two of them walked on together.

2 Chronicles 29:15

These leaders gathered together the rest of the Levites, and they all went through the ceremony to make themselves clean. Then they began to purify the temple according to the Law of the LORD, just as Hezekiah had commanded.

2 Chronicles 29:27

As soon as Hezekiah gave the signal for the sacrifices to be burnt on the altar, the musicians began singing praises to the LORD and playing their instruments,

2 Chronicles 29:30

Then Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing the songs of praise that David and Asaph the prophet had written. And so they bowed down and joyfully sang praises to the LORD.

2 Chronicles 30:12

God also made everyone in Judah eager to do what Hezekiah and his officials had commanded.

Nehemiah 13:22

I ordered the Levites to make themselves holy and to guard the gates on the Sabbath, so that it would be kept holy. God is truly merciful, and I pray that he will treat me with kindness and bless me for doing this.

Nehemiah 13:28

Jehoiada, the son of the high priest Eliashib, had a son who had married a daughter of Sanballat from Horon, and I forced his son to leave.

Exodus 14:13

But Moses answered, “Don't be afraid! Be brave, and you will see the LORD save you today. These Egyptians will never bother you again.

Lamentations 3:26

It is good to wait patiently for the LORD to save us.

Joshua 3:3

shouting, “When you see some of the priests carrying the sacred chest, you'll know it is time to cross to the other side. You've never been there before, and you won't know the way, unless you follow the chest. But don't get too close! Stay about a kilometre back.”

Joshua 3:7

The LORD told Joshua, “Beginning today I will show the people that you are their leader, and they will know that I am helping you as I helped Moses.

Joshua 3:9

Joshua spoke to the people: Come here and listen to what the LORD our God said he will do!