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Joshua 3:5

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3 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.

4 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.

And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.

6 And 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.

7 And 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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”
KJV
And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
WEB
Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”
ASV
And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Jehovah will do wonders among you.
DARBY
And Joshua said to the people, Hallow yourselves; for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders in your midst.
BLB
And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow YHWH will do wonders among you⁺.”
ÅB
Da sa Josva til folket: Hellige dere! For imorgen vil Herren gjøre underfulle ting iblant dere.
OTB
Josva sa da til folket: “Helliggjør dere, for i morgen vil Herren gjøre under blant dere.”
B1930
Da sa Josva til folket: Hellige eder! For imorgen vil Herren gjøre underfulle ting iblandt eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 20:7

    Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.

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  • Joshua 7:13

    Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

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  • 1 Samuel 16:5

    And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

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  • Joel 2:16

    Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

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  • John 17:19

    And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

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  • Exodus 19:10–15

    And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

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  • Leviticus 10:3

    Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

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  • Psalms 86:10

    For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.

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