Joshua 3:5-7

Contemporary English Version

⁵Joshua told the people, “Make yourselves acceptable^[a] to worship the Lord, because he is going to do some amazing things for us.”

⁶Then Joshua turned to the priests and said, “Take the chest and cross the Jordan River ahead of us.” So the priests picked up the chest by its carrying poles and went on ahead.

⁷The Lord told Joshua, “Beginning today I will show the people that you are their leader, and they will know that I am helping you as I helped Moses.

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Footnotes

3.5 Make yourselves acceptable: People had to do certain things to make themselves acceptable to worship the Lord (see Leviticus 7.20,21; 15.2,33; 22.4-8; Deuteronomy 23.10,11).