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And thy
carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man
shall fray them away.
Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to
scare them away.
The LORD will
afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,
and at
noon you will
grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not
prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be
oppressed and
plundered, with no one to save you.
Thou shalt
betroth a wife, and another man
shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a
vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
You will be
pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will
violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a
vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
Thine ox
shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine
ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and
shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep
shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to
rescue them.
Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your
donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow
weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours,
shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only
oppressed and
crushed alway:
A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your
toil. All your days you will be
oppressed and
crushed.
The LORD
shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a
sore botch that cannot be
healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
The LORD will
afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
The LORD will bring you and the king you
appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
You will become an object of
horror,
scorn, and
ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the
locust shall consume it.
You will
sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will
consume it.
Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
You will plant and
cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not
anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive
shall cast his fruit.
You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never
anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.
Thou shalt
beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they
shall go into captivity.
You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.
Swarms of locusts will
consume all your trees and the produce of your land.
The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.
He
shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not
lend to him: he
shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
He will
lend to you, but you will not
lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.
Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants
forever.
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD
shall send against thee, in hunger, and in
thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he
shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine,
thirst, nakedness, and
destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
The LORD will bring a nation from
afar, from the ends of the earth, to
swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
A nation of fierce countenance, which
shall not regard the person of the old, nor
shew favour to the young:
a
ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no
pity for the young.
And he
shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also
shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy
kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
They will eat the offspring of your
livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no
calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.
And he
shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and
fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he
shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
They will
besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will
besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness,
wherewith thine enemies
shall distress thee:
Then you will eat the fruit of your
womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will
inflict on you.
So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye
shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his
bosom, and toward the
remnant of his children which he
shall leave:
The most gentle and refined man among you will
begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,
So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he
shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness,
wherewith thine enemies
shall distress thee in all thy gates.
refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will
inflict on you within all your gates.
The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not
adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye
shall be evil toward the husband of her
bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not
venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will
begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she
shall bear: for she
shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness,
wherewith thine enemy
shall distress thee in thy gates.
the
afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will
inflict on you within your gates.
Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou
wast afraid of; and they
shall cleave unto thee.
He will
afflict you again with all the diseases you
dreaded in Egypt, and they will
cling to you.
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
And it
shall come to pass, that as the LORD
rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will
rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to
nought; and ye
shall be
plucked from off the land
whither thou goest to possess it.
Just as it pleased the LORD to make you
prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to
annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
And the LORD
shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
Then the LORD will
scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither
shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD
shall give thee there a
trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
Among those nations you will find no
repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a
trembling heart, failing eyes, and a
despairing soul.
And thy life
shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
So your life will
hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of
survival.
And the LORD
shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way
whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye
shall be sold unto your enemies for
bondmen and
bondwomen, and no man
shall buy you.
The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell
yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will
buy you.”
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this
curse, that he
bless himself in his heart, saying, I
shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add
drunkenness to
thirst:
because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the
stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring
disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
The LORD will not
spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy
shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book
shall lie upon him, and the LORD
shall blot out his name from under heaven.
The LORD will never be willing to
forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every
curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will
blot out his name from under heaven
And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:
and single him out from all the tribes of Israel for
disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.
So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;
Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great
outburst of anger?’
Then men
shall say, Because they have
forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:
And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.
And it
shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the
curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations,
whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,
It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
It is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will
ascend into heaven to get it for us and
proclaim it, that we may obey it?’
Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and
proclaim it, that we may obey it?’
In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God
shall bless thee in the land
whither thou goest to possess it.
For I am commanding you
today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may
bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
I
denounce unto you this day, that ye
shall surely perish, and that ye
shall not
prolong your days upon the land,
whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
I declare to you
today that you will surely perish; you
shall not
prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’
The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.
The LORD your God Himself will cross over
ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross
ahead of you, as the LORD has said.
And the LORD
shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to
Og, kings of the
Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
And the LORD will do to them as He did to Sihon and
Og, the kings of the
Amorites, when He destroyed them along with their land.
And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.
The LORD will deliver them over to you, and you must do to them exactly as I have commanded you.
And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath
sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to
inherit it.
Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and
courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD
swore to their fathers to give them, and you
shall give it to them as an inheritance.
When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.
Then my anger
shall be
kindled against them in that day, and I will
forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they
shall be
devoured, and many evils and troubles
shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will
abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will
befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.
For when I
shall have brought them into the land which I
sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they
shall have eaten and filled themselves, and
waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and
provoke me, and break my covenant.
When I have brought them into the land that I
swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and
prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will
reject Me and break My covenant.
And it
shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are
befallen them, that this song
shall testify against them as a witness; for it
shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I
sware.
And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will
testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I
swore to give them.”
My doctrine
shall drop as the rain, my speech
shall distil as the
dew, as the small rain upon the tender
herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like
dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end
shall be: for they are a very
froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a
perverse generation— children of unfaithfulness.
For a fire is
kindled in mine anger, and
shall burn unto the lowest
hell, and
shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
For a fire has been
kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of
Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
They
shall be burnt with hunger, and
devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
They will be wasted from hunger and
ravaged by
pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the
venom of vipers that
slither in the dust.
The sword without, and terror within,
shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the
suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
To me belongeth
vengeance, and recompence; their foot
shall slide in due time: for the day of their
calamity is at hand, and the things that
shall come upon them make
haste.
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of
disaster is near, and their
doom is coming quickly.”
For the LORD
shall judge his people, and
repent himself for his servants, when he
seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
For the LORD will
vindicate His people and have
compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
I will make mine arrows
drunk with blood, and my sword
shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the
captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
I will make My arrows
drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh— the blood of the slain and
captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I
testify among you this day, which ye
shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I
testify among you
today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye
shall prolong your days in the land,
whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
Although you shall see from a distance the land that I am giving the Israelites, you shall not enter it.”
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one
shall receive of thy words.
Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—
They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”
His glory is like the
firstling of his
bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he
shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of
Manasseh.
His majesty is like a
firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will
gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of
Manasseh.”
They
shall call the people unto the mountain; there they
shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they
shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures
hid in the sand.
They will call the peoples to a mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they will feast on the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.”
And of
Naphtali he said, O
Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.
Concerning
Naphtali he said: “
Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he
shall take possession of the sea and the south.”
Thy
shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so
shall thy strength be.
May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength
match your days.”
The eternal God is thy refuge, and
underneath are the
everlasting arms: and he
shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and
shall say, Destroy them.
The eternal God is your dwelling place, and
underneath are the
everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
Israel then
shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob
shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens
shall drop down
dew.
So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens
drip with
dew.
Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy
excellency! and thine enemies
shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt
tread upon their high places.
Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you
boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you
shall trample their high places.”
Every place that the sole of your foot
shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will
tread, just as I promised to Moses.
From the wilderness and this
Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the
Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun,
shall be your coast.
Your territory
shall extend from the wilderness and
Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the
Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.
There
shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor
forsake thee.
No one
shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor
forsake you.
Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I
sware unto their fathers to give them.
Be strong and
courageous, for you
shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I
swore to their fathers I would give them.
This book of the law
shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt
meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth;
meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will
prosper and succeed in all you do.
Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you
victuals; for within three days ye
shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.
“Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you will cross the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”
Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;
Your wives, your young children, and your
livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But all your mighty men of
valor must be armed for battle to cross over
ahead of your brothers and help them,
Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye
shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD’S servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the
sunrising.
until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”
Whosoever he be that
doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not
hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he
shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
Anyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and
courageous!”
And it came to pass about the time of
shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out:
whither the men went I
wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye
shall overtake them.
At
dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”
And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
“Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”
And it
shall be, that
whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood
shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and
whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood
shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
If
anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on
anyone with you in the house, his blood will be on our heads.
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.
and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the
Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.
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.
But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between
yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”
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.
Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the waters, stand in the Jordan.’”
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.
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.
When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a
heap.”
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye
shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the
lodging place, where ye
shall lodge this night.
and command them: ‘Take up for
yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you
spend the night.’”
Then ye
shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones
shall be for a
memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a
memorial to the Israelites
forever.”
And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’