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And it came to pass that when all the people of Israel did pass cleanly over, that the ark of the covenant of יהוה (YHVH) did also passed over in the presence of the congregation.
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And so it was that the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh did pass over armed before the children of Israel,
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For it was even as Moses had spoken unto them, forty thousand passed over before יהוה (YHVH) did prepare for war unto battle.
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¶ And it came to pass that on this day, יהוה (YHVH) did magnify Joshua in the sight of all Israel;
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And so it was that they did fear Joshua, even as they had feared Moses, all the days of his life.
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¶ And it came to pass that יהוה (YHVH) did speak unto Joshua, saying: Command the Priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
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And Joshua, therefore, did command the Priests, saying: Come ye up out of Jordan.
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¶ And it came to pass that when the Priests that did bare the ark of the covenant of יהוה (YHVH) were come up out of the midst of Jordan, that the soles of the feet of the Priests were lifted up unto the dry earth,
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And so it was that when the waters of Jordan did return unto their place that they did flow over all his banks even as they did before.
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¶ And it came to pass that the congregation of Israel did come up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and encamped in Gilgal in the east border of Jericho.
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And so it was that those twelve stones, which they had taken out of Jordan, Joshua did have them to be stood up as a remembrance there in Gilgal.
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¶ And it came to pass that Joshua did speak unto the children of Israel, saying:
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When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying: What mean these stones?
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Then ye shall say unto them, and let your children know, saying: Israel came over this Jordan on dry earth;
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For יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim, did dry up the waters of Jordan from before you until ye were passed over, even as יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim did unto the Red Sea, which He did dry up from before us until we did cross over,
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And this that all the people of the earth might know the hand of יהוה (YHVH), that it is mighty, and that ye might honor יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim, forever.
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¶ And it came to pass that when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, did hear that יהוה (YHVH) did dry up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel until they were passed over, that their hearts did melt;
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Neither was the passion of their spirits lifted, but did fail them, and their hearts did melt for their fear of the children of Israel.