Joshua 3:5

5 Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.”

Joshua 3:5 in Other Translations

KJV
5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
ESV
5 Then Joshua said to the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you."
NLT
5 Then Joshua told the people, “Purify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do great wonders among you.”
MSG
5 Then Joshua addressed the people: "Sanctify yourselves. Tomorrow God will work miracle-wonders among you."
CSB
5 Joshua told the people, "Consecrate yourselves, because the Lord will do wonders among you tomorrow."

Joshua 3:5 In-Context

3 giving orders to the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the Levitical priests carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it.
4 Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before. But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between you and the ark; do not go near it.”
5 Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.”
6 Joshua said to the priests, “Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they took it up and went ahead of them.
7 And the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Exodus 29:1; S Leviticus 11:44; Exodus 19:10,14; Leviticus 20:7; Joshua 7:13; 1 Samuel 16:5; Joel 2:16
  • 2. Judges 6:13; 1 Chronicles 16:9,24; Psalms 26:7; Psalms 75:1
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