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Joshua 3:9

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7 Now the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.

8 Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the waters, stand in the Jordan.’”

So Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.”

10 He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan.

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BSB
So Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.”
KJV
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.
WEB
Joshua said to the children of Israel, “Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God.”
ASV
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God.
DARBY
And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God.
BLB
And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “Draw near here and listen to the words of YHWH your⁺ God.”
ÅB
Og Josva sa til Israels barn: Kom hit og hør Herrens, deres Guds ord!
OTB
Josva talte til israelittene: “Kom hit og hør Herrens, deres Guds, ord.”
B1930
Og Josva sa til Israels barn: Kom hit og hør Herrens, eders Guds ord!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 4:1

    Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:8

    You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.

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