Joshua 3:17

New English Translation

The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan. All Israel crossed over on dry ground until the entire nation was on the other side.

Cross References

2 Kings 2:8

Elijah took his cloak, folded it up, and hit the water with it. The water divided, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

Psalm 66:6

He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. Let us rejoice in him there!

Exodus 14:21

Moses stretched out his hand toward the sea, and the Lord drove the sea apart by a strong east wind all that night, and he made the sea into dry land, and the water was divided.

Exodus 14:22

So the Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.

Exodus 14:29

But the Israelites walked on dry ground in the middle of the sea, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.

Isaiah 25:8

he will swallow up death permanently. The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from every face, and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. Indeed, the Lord has announced it!

Numbers 33:51

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Hebrews 11:29

By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed up.

Joshua 4:1

When the entire nation was on the other side, the Lord told Joshua,

Joshua 4:10

Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly,

Joshua 4:11

and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the Lord and the priests crossed as the people looked on.

Joshua 4:22

explain to your children, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.’

Joshua 4:3

Instruct them, ‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”

Joshua 5:1

When all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how the Lord had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites while they crossed, they lost their courage and could not even breathe for fear of the Israelites.