Joshua 3:5
What does Joshua 3:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 3:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves; for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders among you.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves; for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders among you.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Joshua said to the people, Make yourselves holy, for tomorrow the Lord will do works of wonder among you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Joshua saith unto the people, `Sanctify yourselves, for to-morrow doth Jehovah do in your midst wonders.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Joshua said to the people: Be ye sanctified: for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Joshua said to the people, Hallow yourselves; for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders in your midst.
Context
v.4Yet 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.
v.5This passage
v.6And 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 17:19
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
- Exodus 19:10
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments,
- Joshua 3:13
And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.
- 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 renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
- Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that Jehovah 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.
- 1 Samuel 16:5
And he said, Peaceably; I am come to sacrifice unto Jehovah: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
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