Theseare the oneswhocrossedthe Jordanin the firstmonthwhen it was overflowingallits banksand they putto flightallthose in the valleys,both to the eastand to the west.
Then someof the sonsof Benjaminand Judahcameto the strongholdto David.
"Ifyou have runwith footmenand they have tiredyou out, Then howcan you competewith horses?If you falldownin a landof peace,Howwill you doin the thicketof the Jordan?
"Behold,one will comeup like a lionfrom the thicketsof the Jordanagainsta perenniallywatered pasture;for in an instantI will make him runaway from it, and whoeveris chosenI shall appointoverit. For whois likeMe, and whowill summonMe [into court]? And whothenis the shepherdwhocan standagainstMe?"
and when those who carriedthe arkcameinto the Jordan,and the feetof the priestscarryingthe arkwere dippedin the edgeof the water(for the Jordanoverflowsallits banksallthe daysof harvest),
It cameabout when the priestswho carriedthe arkof the covenantof the LORDhad comeup from the middleof the Jordan,and the solesof the priests'feetwere liftedup to the dryground,that the watersof the Jordanreturnedto their place,and wentoverallits banksas before.
