KJV King James Version
And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
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Joshua 3:1
And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.
WEB World English Bible
Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel. They lodged there before they passed over.
ASV American Standard Version
And Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and they journey from Shittim, and come in unto the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and they lodge there before they pass over.
Surrounding context — Joshua 3
1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
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.
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וַיַּשְׁכֵּם֩H7925 · sha.khamto riseיְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַH3091 · ye.ho.shu.aJoshuaבַּבֹּ֜קֶרH1242 · bo.qermorningוַיִּסְע֣וּH5265 · na.sato set outמֵֽהַשִּׁטִּ֗יםH7851 · shit.timShittimוַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙H935 · boto come (in): comeעַד־H5704 · adtillהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןH3383 · yar.denJordanה֖וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itוְכָל־H3605 · kolallבְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוַיָּלִ֥נוּH3885 · lunto lodgeשָׁ֖םH8033 · shamthereטֶ֥רֶםH2962 · te.rembeforeיַעֲבֹֽרוּ׃H5674 · a.varto pass
Cross-references
Joshua 2:1And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.Mark 1:35And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.Psalm 119:60I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.Numbers 25:1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.Jeremiah 26:5To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending [them], but ye have not hearkened;Jeremiah 25:3From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that [is] the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.Micah 6:5O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.Jeremiah 7:13And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;Genesis 22:3And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
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