Joshua 3:5

Good News Translation

Joshua told the people, “Purify yourselves, because tomorrow the Lord will perform miracles among you.”

Cross References

Job 1:5

The morning after each feast, Job would get up early and offer sacrifices for each of his children in order to purify them. He always did this because he thought that one of them might have sinned by insulting God unintentionally.

Psalm 77:15

By your power you saved your people, the descendants of Jacob and of Joseph.

Psalm 86:10

You are mighty and do wonderful things; you alone are God.

Joel 2:16

Gather the people together; prepare them for a sacred meeting; bring the old people; gather the children and the babies too. Even newly married couples must leave their homes and come.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord was speaking about when he said, ‘All who serve me must respect my holiness; I will reveal my glory to my people.’” But Aaron remained silent.

Leviticus 20:7

Keep yourselves holy, because I am the Lord your God.

Numbers 11:8

It fell on the camp at night along with the dew. The next morning the people would go around and gather it, grind it or pound it into flour, and then boil it and make it into flat cakes. It tasted like bread baked with olive oil.)

John 17:19

And for their sake I dedicate myself to you, in order that they, too, may be truly dedicated to you.

Joshua 3:13

When the priests who carry the Covenant Box of the Lord of all the earth put their feet in the water, the Jordan will stop flowing, and the water coming downstream will pile up in one place.”

Joshua 3:4

You have never been here before, so they will show you the way to go. But do not get near the Covenant Box; stay about half a mile behind it.”

Joshua 3:6

Then he told the priests to take the Covenant Box and go with it ahead of the people. They did as he said.

Joshua 7:13

Get up! Purify the people and get them ready to come before me. Tell them to be ready tomorrow, because I, the Lord God of Israel, have this to say: ‘Israel, you have in your possession some things that I ordered you to destroy! You cannot stand against your enemies until you get rid of these things!’

1 Samuel 16:5

“Yes,” he answered. “I have come to offer a sacrifice to the Lord. Purify yourselves and come with me.” He also told Jesse and his sons to purify themselves, and he invited them to the sacrifice.