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Joshua 3:5 — And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow…
“And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”
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The verses around Joshua 3:5.
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.
Verse explanation
Joshua tells the people to sanctify themselves because the next day something extraordinary is going to happen, an intervention that can only be attributed to God.
From the Joshua 3 study in Bible in Stories.
Joshua 3:5 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Disse Josué tambem ao povo: Sanctificae-vos, porque ámanhã fará o Senhor maravilhas no meio de vós
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
E Josué disse ao povo: Santificai-vos, porque o SENHOR fará amanhã entre vós maravilhas.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Entonces Josué le dijo al pueblo: “Asegúrense de estar puros, porque mañana el Señor hará cosas asombrosas entre ustedes”.
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