Nevi'im
Yehoshua3
Joshua · Chapter 3
And Yehoshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Yarden, he and all the children of Yisra'el, and lodged there before they passed over.
And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the b'rit of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim, and the kohanim the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
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 Yehoshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) will do wonders among you.
And Yehoshua spake unto the kohanim, saying, Take up the ark of the b'rit, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the b'rit, and went before the people.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said unto Yehoshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Yisra'el, that they may know that, as I was with Mosheh, so I will be with thee.
And thou shalt command the kohanim that bear the ark of the b'rit, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Yarden, ye shall stand still in Yarden.
And Yehoshua said unto the children of Yisra'el, Come hither, and hear the words of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim.
And Yehoshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living Elohim
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.
Behold, the ark of the b'rit of the master of all the earth passeth over before you into Yarden.
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Yisra'el, out of every tribe a man.
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the kohanim that bear the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), the master of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Yarden,
that the waters of Yarden shall be cut off
from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Yarden, and the kohanim bearing the ark of the b'rit before the people;
And as they that bare the ark were come unto Yarden, and the feet of the kohanim that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Yarden overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
That 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 Yericho.
And the kohanim that bare the ark of the b'rit of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Yarden, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Yarden.
Nevi'im
Yehoshua4
Joshua · Chapter 4
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Yarden, that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) spake unto Yehoshua, saying,
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Yarden, out of the place where the kohanim’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
Then Yehoshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Yisra'el, out of every tribe a man:
And Yehoshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim into the midst of Yarden, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Yisra'el:
That this may be a sign among you,
that when your children ask
their fathers in time to come, saying, What
mean ye by these stones?
Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Yarden were cut off before the ark of the b'rit of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); when it passed over Yarden, the waters of Yarden were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Yisra'el for ever.
And the children of Yisra'el did so as Yehoshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Yarden, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) spake unto Yehoshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Yisra'el, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
And Yehoshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Yarden, in the place where the feet of the kohanim which bare the ark of the b'rit stood: and they are there unto this day.
For the kohanim which bare the ark stood in the midst of Yarden, until every thing was finished that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) commanded Yehoshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Mosheh commanded Yehoshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) passed over, and the kohanim, in the presence of the people.
And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Yisra'el, as Mosheh spake unto them:
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) unto battle, to the plains of Yericho.
On that day 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) magnified Yehoshua in the sight of all Yisra'el; and they feared him, as they feared Mosheh, all the days of his life.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) spake unto Yehoshua, saying,
Command the kohanim that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Yarden.
Yehoshua therefore commanded the kohanim, saying, Come ye up out of Yarden.
And it came to pass, when the kohanim that bare the ark of the b'rit of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) were come up out of the midst of Yarden,
and the soles of the kohanim’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Yarden returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as
they did before.
And the people came up out of Yarden on the tenth
day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Yericho.
And those twelve stones, which they took out of Yarden, did Yehoshua pitch in Gilgal.
And he spake unto the children of Yisra'el, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What
mean these stones?
Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Yisra'el came over this Yarden on dry land.
For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim dried up the waters of Yarden from before you, until ye were passed over, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
That all the people of the earth might know the hand of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), that it
is mighty: that ye might fear 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim for ever.
Nevi'im
Yehoshua5
Joshua · Chapter 5
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which
were on the side of Yarden westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which
were by the sea, heard that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) had dried up the waters of Yarden from before the children of Yisra'el, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Yisra'el.
At that time 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said unto Yehoshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Yisra'el the second time.
And Yehoshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Yisra'el at the hill of the foreskins.
And this
is the cause why Yehoshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Mitsrayim,
that were males,
even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Mitsrayim.
Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people
that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Mitsrayim,
them they had not circumcised.
For the children of Yisra'el walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people
that were men of war, which came out of Mitsrayim, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): unto whom 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) sware that he would not shew them the land, which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
And their children,
whom he raised up in their stead, them Yehoshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.
And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said unto Yehoshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Mitsrayim from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.
And the children of Yisra'el encamped in Gilgal, and kept the pesach on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Yericho.
And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the pesach, unleavened cakes, and parched
corn in the selfsame day.
And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Yisra'el manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
And it came to pass, when Yehoshua was by Yericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Yehoshua went unto him, and said unto him,
Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
And he said, Nay; but
as captain of the host of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) am I now come. And Yehoshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
And the captain of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)’S host said unto Yehoshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest
is holy. And Yehoshua did so.