Joshua 3:17

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The priests carrying the ark of the Lord’s covenant stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed on dry ground until the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan.

Cross References

2 Kings 2:8

Elijah took his mantle, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and left. Then the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

Psalm 66:6

He turned the sea into dry land, and they crossed the river on foot. There we rejoiced in Him.

Exodus 14:21

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The Lord drove the sea back with a powerful east wind all that night and turned the sea into dry land. So the waters were divided,

Exodus 14:22

and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with the waters like a wall to them on their right and their left.

Exodus 14:29

But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with the waters like a wall to them on their right and their left.

Isaiah 25:8

He will destroy death forever. The Lord God will wipe away the tears from every face and remove His people’s disgrace from the whole earth, for the Lord has spoken.

Numbers 33:51

“Tell the Israelites: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Hebrews 11:29

By faith they crossed the Red Sea as though they were on dry land. When the Egyptians attempted to do this, they were drowned.

Joshua 4:1

After the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord spoke to Joshua:

Joshua 4:10

The priests carrying the ark continued standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything was completed that the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people, in keeping with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people hurried across,

Joshua 4:11

and after everyone had finished crossing, the priests with the ark of the Lord crossed in the sight of the people.

Joshua 4:22

you should tell your children, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’

Joshua 4:3

and command them: Take 12 stones from this place in the middle of the Jordan where the priests are standing, carry them with you, and set them down at the place where you spend the night.”

Joshua 5:1

When all the Amorite kings across the Jordan to the west and all the Canaanite kings near the sea heard how the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, they lost heart and their courage failed because of the Israelites.