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Joshua 3:15

Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,

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ASV

and when they that bare the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest),

KJV

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,)

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּכְב֞וֹאu.khe.Vo'and just as cameH935 →
נֹשְׂאֵ֤יno.se.'Ei[the] bearers ofH5375 →
הָֽאָרוֹן֙ha.'a.rOnthe arkH727 →
עַד־'ad-toH5704 →
הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383 →
וְרַגְלֵ֤יve.rag.Leiand [the] feet ofH7272 →
הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548 →
נֹשְׂאֵ֣יno.se.'Ei[the] bearers ofH5375 →
הָֽאָר֔וֹןha.'a.Ronthe arkH727 →
נִטְבְּל֖וּnit.be.Luthey were dippedH2881 →
בִּקְצֵ֣הbik.Tzehin [the] edge ofH7097 →
הַמָּ֑יִםha.Ma.yimthe watersH4325 →
וְהַיַּרְדֵּ֗ןve.hai.yar.Denand the JordanH3383 →
מָלֵא֙ma.Le'it is fullH4390 →
עַל־'al-overH5921 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
גְּדוֹתָ֔יוge.do.Tavbanks itsH1415 →
כֹּ֖לkolallH3605 →
יְמֵ֥יye.Mei[the] days ofH3117 →
קָצִֽיר׃ka.TzirharvestH7105 →

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1 Chronicles 12:15These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.Jeremiah 12:5“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?Joshua 4:18When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.Jeremiah 49:19Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”Joshua 3:13When 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.”Joshua 5:10–12On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.Isaiah 26:6Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.Deuteronomy 16:1–9Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.Job 40:23Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.2 Kings 2:6And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.Leviticus 23:10–16“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.Joshua 3:5Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”Leviticus 23:10“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.

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The Israelites Cross the Jordan River — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Israelites Cross the Jordan River — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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