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And when those who took up the ark came to Jordan, and the feet of the priests who took up the ark were touching the edge of the water (for the waters of Jordan are overflowing all through the time of the grain-cutting),

וּכְב֞וֹא (וּ) u. “and”וְרַגְלֵ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַיַּרְדֵּ֗ן (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across opposite Jeri

וְהַיֹּרְדִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָעָ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And the priests who took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord kept their places, with their feet on dry land in the middle of Jordan, while all Israel went over on dry land, till all the nation had gone over Jordan.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And say to them, Take up from the middle of Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests were resting, twelve stones, and take them over with you and put them down in the place where you take your rest tonight.

וְצַוּ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel:

וְהָרִ֨ימוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.

וּשְׁתֵּ֧ים (וּ) u. “and”

For the priests who took up the ark kept there in the middle of Jordan till all the orders given to Joshua by Moses from the Lord had been done: then the people went over quickly.

וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֞ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And when all the people had come to the other side, the ark of the Lord went over, and the priests, before the eyes of the people.

וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went over armed before the children of Israel as Moses had said to them:

וּבְנֵי־ (וּ) u. “and”וַחֲצִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

Give orders to the priests who take up the ark of witness, to come up out of Jordan.

וְיַעֲל֖וּ (וְ) ve. “so”

So on the tenth day of the first month the people came up out of Jordan, and put up their tents in Gilgal, on the east side of Jericho.

וְהָעָ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua put up in Gilgal.

וְאֵת֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now when the news came to all the kings of the Amorites on the west side of Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites living by the sea, how the Lord had made the waters of Jordan dry before the children of Israel, till they had gone across, their hear

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

At that time the Lord said to Joshua, Make yourself stone knives and give the children of Israel circumcision a second time.

וְשׁ֛וּב (וְ) ve. “and”

And this is the reason why Joshua did so: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the fighting-men, had been overtaken by death in the waste land on the way, after they came out of Egypt.

וְזֶ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

All the people who came out had undergone circumcision; but all the people whose birth had taken place in the waste land on their journey from Egypt had not.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For the children of Israel were wandering in the waste land for forty years, till all the nation, that is, all the fighting-men, who had come out of Egypt, were dead, because they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord: to whom the Lord said, with an

וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And their children, who came up in their place, now underwent circumcision by the hands of Joshua, not having had it before: for there had been no circumcision on the journey.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And on the day after the Passover, they had for their food the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and dry grain on the same day.

וְקָל֑וּי (וְ) ve. “and”

And there was no more manna from the day after they had for their food the produce of the land; the children of Israel had manna no longer, but that year the produce of the land of Canaan was their food.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now when Joshua was near Jericho, lifting up his eyes he saw a man in front of him, with his sword uncovered in his hand: and Joshua went up to him and said, Are you for us or against us?

וְהִנֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחַרְבּ֥וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

(Now Jericho was all shut up because of the children of Israel: there was no going out or coming in.)

וִֽירִיחוֹ֙ (וִֽ) vi. “and”וּמְסֻגֶּ֔רֶת (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord said to Joshua, See, I have given into your hands Jericho with its king and all its men of war.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And let seven priests go before the ark with seven loud-sounding horns in their hands: on the seventh day you are to go round the town seven times, the priests blowing their horns.

וְשִׁבְעָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַיּוֹם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent for the priests and said to them, Take up the ark of the agreement, and let seven priests take seven horns in their hands and go before the ark of the Lord.

וְשִׁבְעָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”