Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And as soon as they came into the Jordan, and their feet were dipped in part of the water, (now the Jordan, it being harvest time, had filled the banks of its channel,) the feet Joshua 3:13 And when the priests, that carry the ark of the Lord the God of the whole earth, shall set the soles of their feet in the waters of the Jordan, the waters that are beneath shall run down and go off: and those that come from above, shall stand together upon a heap. Isaiah 26:6 The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy. Joshua 4:18 And when they that carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, were come up, and began to tread on the dry ground, the waters returned into their channel, and ran as they were wont before. 1 Chronicles 12:15 These are they who passed over the Jordan in the first month, when it is used to flow over its banks: and they put to flight all that dwelt in the valleys both toward the east and toward the west. Jeremiah 12:5 If thou hast been wearied with running with footmen, how canst thou contend with horses? and if thou hast been secure in a land of peace, what wilt thou do in the swelling of the Jordan? Jeremiah 49:19 Behold one shall come up as a lion from the swelling of the Jordan, against the strong and beautiful: for I will make him run suddenly upon her: and who shall be the chosen one whom I may appoint over her? for who is like to me? and who shall abide me? and who is that shepherd that can withstand my countenance? all the time Joshua 5:10-12 And the children of Israel abode in Galgal, and they kept the phase, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, in the plains of Jericho: . . . Leviticus 23:10-16 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you shall have entered into the land which I will give you, and shall reap your corn, you shall bring sheaves of ears, the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. . . . Deuteronomy 16:1-9 Observe the month of new corn, which is the first of the spring, that thou mayst celebrate the phase to the Lord thy God: because in this month the Lord thy God brought thee out of Egypt by night. . . . Context Crossing the Jordan…14So the people went out of their tents, to pass over the Jordan: and the priests that carried the ark of the covenant, went on before them. 15And as soon as they came into the Jordan, and their feet were dipped in part of the water, (now the Jordan, it being harvest time, had filled the banks of its channel,)16The waters that came down from above stood in one place, and swelling up like a mountain, were seen afar off, from the city that is called Adom, to the place of Sarthan: but those that were beneath, ran down into the sea of the wilderness, (which now is called the Dead Sea) until they wholly failed.… Cross References 2 Kings 2:6 And Elias said to him: Stay here, because the Lord hath sent me as far as the Jordan. And he said: as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on together. 1 Chronicles 12:15 These are they who passed over the Jordan in the first month, when it is used to flow over its banks: and they put to flight all that dwelt in the valleys both toward the east and toward the west. Jeremiah 12:5 If thou hast been wearied with running with footmen, how canst thou contend with horses? and if thou hast been secure in a land of peace, what wilt thou do in the swelling of the Jordan? Jeremiah 49:19 Behold one shall come up as a lion from the swelling of the Jordan, against the strong and beautiful: for I will make him run suddenly upon her: and who shall be the chosen one whom I may appoint over her? for who is like to me? and who shall abide me? and who is that shepherd that can withstand my countenance? Nahum 1:4 He rebuketh the sea and drieth it up: and bringeth all the rivers to be a desert. Basan languisheth and Carmel: and the flower of Libanus fadeth away. Lexicon Now the Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן (hay·yar·dên) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3383: Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine overflows מָלֵא֙ (mā·lê) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4390: To fill, be full of its banks גְּדוֹתָ֔יו (gə·ḏō·w·ṯāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1415: A border of a, river throughout כֹּ֖ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every the harvest קָצִֽיר׃ (qā·ṣîr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7105: Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb season. יְמֵ֥י (yə·mê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day But as soon as the priests הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ (hak·kō·hă·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest carrying נֹשְׂאֵ֤י (nō·śə·’ê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take the ark הָֽאָרוֹן֙ (hā·’ā·rō·wn) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 727: A chest, ark reached וּכְב֞וֹא (ū·ḵə·ḇō·w) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go the Jordan וְהַיַּרְדֵּ֗ן (wə·hay·yar·dên) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3383: Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine [and] their feet וְרַגְלֵ֤י (wə·raḡ·lê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - fdc Strong's Hebrew 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda touched נִטְבְּל֖וּ (niṭ·bə·lū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 2881: To dip, to immerse the water's הַמָּ֑יִם (ham·mā·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen edge, בִּקְצֵ֣ה (biq·ṣêh) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7097: End, extremity Additional Translations Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water's edge,And as they that bore the ark were come to Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overflows all his banks all the time of harvest,) and when they that bare the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest,) And when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord entered upon Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord were dipped in part of the water of Jordan; (now Jordan overflowed all its banks about the time of wheat harvest:) and when they that bore the ark were come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water (and the Jordan is full over all its banks throughout the days of harvest), and when they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest,) And as they that bore the ark had come to Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest,) and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark had dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest), and at those bearing the ark coming in unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark have been dipped in the extremity of the waters (and the Jordan is full over all its banks all the days of harvest) -- Jump to Previous Ark Banks Bare Bearing Bore Brim Brink Carried Carrying Dipped Edge Harvest Jordan Overfloweth Overflowing Overflows Priests Stage Throughout Time Touched Touching Water Waters Water'sJump to Next Ark Banks Bare Bearing Bore Brim Brink Carried Carrying Dipped Edge Harvest Jordan Overfloweth Overflowing Overflows Priests Stage Throughout Time Touched Touching Water Waters Water'sExternal Links Joshua 3:15 NIVJoshua 3:15 NLT Joshua 3:15 ESV Joshua 3:15 NASB Joshua 3:15 ASV Joshua 3:15 Bible Apps Joshua 3:15 Biblia Paralela Joshua 3:15 Chinese Bible Joshua 3:15 French Bible Joshua 3:15 German Bible Alphabetical: for all and ark as at banks came carried carrying days dipped during edge feet flood harvest harvest in into is its Jordan Now of overflows priests reached soon stage the their those touched water water's were when who Yet OT History: Joshua 3:15 And when those who bore the ark (Josh. 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