Joshua 3:5
And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
Joshua 3:5 in other translations
| BSB | Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.” |
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| 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 to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders among you. |
| YLT | And Joshua saith unto the people, ‘Sanctify yourselves, for to-morrow doth Jehovah do in your midst wonders.' |
| DARBY | And Joshua said to the people, Hallow yourselves; for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders in your midst. |
| BBE | And Joshua said to the people, Make yourselves holy, for tomorrow the Lord will do works of wonder among you. |
| Webster | And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to-morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. |
What does Joshua 3:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 3:1-6
The Lord encourages joshua--Joshua encourages the people. (7-13) The Israelites pass through Jordan on dry land. (14-17) Verses 1-6 The Israelites came to Jordan in faith, having been told that they should pass it. In the way of duty, let us proceed as far as we can, and depend on the Lord. Joshua led them. Particular notice is taken of his early rising, as afterwards upon other occasions, which shows how little he…
Joshua 3:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 3:5
- Leviticus 20:7
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- John 17:19
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
- 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, And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. …
- 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.
- Psalms 86:10
For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
- Job 1:5
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
- Joshua 3:13
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
- Joshua 3:15
And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
- Psalms 114:1-7
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. …
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Context
- Joshua 3:4
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.
- Joshua 3:5
And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
- Joshua 3:6
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.
Joshua 3:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Josué dijo al pueblo: Santificaos, porque Jehová hará mañana entre vosotros maravillas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Josué dit au peuple: Sanctifiez-vous, car demain l’ Éternel fera des merveilles au milieu de vous. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Josua sprach zu dem Volke: Heiliget euch; denn morgen wird Jehova in eurer Mitte Wunder tun. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dixitque Josue ad populum: Sanctificamini: cras enim faciet Dominus inter vos mirabilia. |