1 Levantou-se, pois, Josué de madrugada e, partindo de Sitim ele e todos os filhos de Israel, vieram ao Jordão; e pousaram ali, antes de atravessá-lo.
2 E sucedeu, ao fim de três dias, que os oficiais passaram pelo meio do arraial,
3 e ordenaram ao povo, dizendo: Quando virdes a arca da pacto do Senhor vosso Deus sendo levada pelos levitas sacerdotes, partireis vós também do vosso lugar, e a seguireis
4 {haja, contudo, entre vós e ela, uma distância de dois mil côvados, e não vos chegueis a ela}, para que saibais o caminho pelo qual haveis de ir, porquanto por este caminho nunca dantes passastes.
5 Disse Josué também ao povo: Santificai-vos, porque amanhã o Senhor fará maravilhas no meio de vós.
6 E falou Josué aos sacerdotes, dizendo: Levantai a arca do pacto, e passai adiante do povo. Levantaram, pois, a arca do pacto, e foram andando adiante do povo.
7 Então disse o Senhor a Josué: Hoje começarei a engrandecer-te perante os olhos de todo o Israel, para que saibam que, assim como fui com Moisés, serei contigo.
8 Tu, pois, ordenarás aos sacerdotes que levam a arca do pacto, dizendo: Quando chegardes à beira das águas de Jordão, aí parareis.
9 Disse então Josué aos filhos de Israel: Aproximai-vos, e ouvi as palavras do Senhor vosso Deus.
10 E acrescentou: Nisto conhecereis que o Deus vivo está no meio de vós, e que certamente expulsará de diante de vós os cananeus, os heteus, os heveus, os perizeus, os girgaseus, os amorreus e os jebuseus.
11 Eis que a arca do pacto do Senhor de toda a terra passará adiante de vós para o meio do Jordão.
12 Tomai, pois, agora doze homens das tribos de Israel, de cada tribo um homem;
13 porque assim que as plantas dos pés dos sacerdotes que levam a arca do Senhor, o Senhor de toda a terra, pousarem nas águas do Jordão, estas serão cortadas, isto é, as águas que vêm de cima, e, amontoadas, pararão.
14 Quando, pois, o povo partiu das suas tendas para atravessar o Jordão, levando os sacerdotes a arca do pacto adiante do povo,
15 e quando os que levavam a arca chegaram ao Jordão, e os seus pés se mergulharam na beira das águas {porque o Jordão transbordava todas as suas ribanceiras durante todos os dias da sega},
16 as águas que vinham de cima, parando, levantaram-se num montão, mui longe, à altura de Adã, cidade que está junto a Zaretã; e as que desciam ao mar da Arabá, que é o Mar Salgado, foram de todo cortadas. Então o povo passou bem em frente de Jericó.
17 Os sacerdotes que levavam a arca do pacto do Senhor pararam firmes em seco no meio do Jordão, e todo o Israel foi passando a pé enxuto, até que todo o povo acabou de passar o Jordão.
1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. 2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host; 3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. 4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore. 5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. 6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
7 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. 8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.
9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God. 10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan. 12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. 13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; 15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) 16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. 17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.