Joshua 3
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And 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.
2And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
3And 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.
4Yet 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.
5And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
6And 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.
7And 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.
8And 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.
9And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.
10And 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.
11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
12Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
13And 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.
14And 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;
15And 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,)
16That 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.
17And 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.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵתʼêthH85315× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- יַרְדֵּןYardênH338311× in this chapter
Jarden, the principal river of Palestine
- אָרוֹןʼârôwnH72710× in this chapter
a box
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼH53759× in this chapter
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- עָבַרʻâbarH56749× in this chapter
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
- כֹּלkôlH36058× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5598× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- בְּרִיתbᵉrîythH12857× in this chapter
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
- כֹּהֵןkôhênH35487× in this chapter
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
- עַםʻamH59717× in this chapter
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- הָיָהhâyâhH19616× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30686× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יְהוֹשׁוּעַYᵉhôwshûwaʻH30916× in this chapter
Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
- מַיִםmayimH43256× in this chapter
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8346× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34785× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- אֵלʼêlH4135× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64405× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- אֶחָדʼechâdH2594× in this chapter
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
- כִּיkîyH35884× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- עַדʻadH57044× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- עָמַדʻâmadH59754× in this chapter
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
- הָלַךְhâlakH19803× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30453× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- יוֹםyôwmH31173× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- יָרַדyâradH33813× in this chapter
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
- אִישׁʼîyshH3763× in this chapter
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- נָסַעnâçaʻH52653× in this chapter
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
- קָצֶהqâtsehH70973× in this chapter
an extremity
- קֶרֶבqerebH71303× in this chapter
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9353× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- בֵּןbênH11212× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אֲדֹנָיʼĂdônâyH1362× in this chapter
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18702× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- חָרָבָהchârâbâhH27242× in this chapter
a desert
- יָםyâmH32202× in this chapter
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
- יָרַשׁyârashH34232× in this chapter
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
- כָּרַתkârathH37722× in this chapter
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4302× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- מַעַלmaʻalH46052× in this chapter
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.