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href="/bsb/joshua/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/joshua/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Joshua told the people, &#8220Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/joshua/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then Joshua told the people, “Purify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do great wonders among you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joshua/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joshua/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joshua/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joshua/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joshua/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do miracles among you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Joshua said to the people, &#8220Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joshua/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joshua/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Joshua said to the people, “Set yourselves apart as holy, for tomorrow Yahweh will do wondrous deeds among you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joshua/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves [for His purpose], for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders (miracles) among you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joshua/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, because the LORD will do wonders among you tomorrow.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Joshua told the people, &#8220Consecrate yourselves, because the LORD will do wonders among you tomorrow.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves; for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joshua/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Joshua told the people, "Make yourselves acceptable to worship the LORD, because he is going to do some amazing things for us." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joshua/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Joshua told the people, "Perform the ceremonies to make yourselves holy because tomorrow the LORD will do miracles among you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joshua/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Joshua told the people, "Purify yourselves, because tomorrow the LORD will perform miracles among you." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joshua/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Joshua addressed the people: "Consecrate yourselves, because tomorrow the LORD will do marvelous things among you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joshua/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Joshua told the people, ?Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joshua/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Joshua told the people, "Ritually consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will perform miraculous deeds among you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joshua/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to-morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders among you.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joshua/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Joshua says to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow YHWH does wonders in your midst.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Joshua saith unto the people, 'Sanctify yourselves, for to-morrow doth Jehovah do in your midst wonders.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joshua/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Joshua will say to the people, Consecrate yourselves, for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonderful things in the midst of you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Josue said to the people: Be ye sanctified: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joshua/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Joshua said to the people: “Be sanctified. For tomorrow the Lord will accomplish miracles among you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Joshua also said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will perform wonders among you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joshua/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joshua/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Yeshua said to the people: “Be hallowed, because tomorrow LORD JEHOVAH does a wonder among you”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joshua/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Joshua said unto the people: 'Sanctify yourselves; for to-morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joshua/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, for to-morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joshua/3-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=489" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joshua/3.htm">Crossing the Jordan</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.” <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3091.htm" title="3091: yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ (N-proper-ms) -- Or Yhowshua; from Yhovah and yasha'; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua, the Jewish leader.">Then Joshua</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">told</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6942.htm" title="6942: hiṯ·qad·dā·šū (V-Hitpael-Imp-mp) -- To be set apart or consecrated. A primitive root; to be clean.">“Consecrate yourselves,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/4279.htm" title="4279: mā·ḥār (Adv) -- Tomorrow, in time to come. Probably from 'achar; properly, deferred, i.e. The morrow; usually tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter.">tomorrow</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ya·‘ă·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">will do</a> <a href="/hebrew/6381.htm" title="6381: nip̄·lā·’ō·wṯ (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fp) -- A primitive root; properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. Distinguish; by implication, to be great, difficult, wonderful.">wonders</a> <a href="/hebrew/7130.htm" title="7130: bə·qir·bə·ḵem (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2mp) -- Inward part, midst. From qarab; properly, the nearest part, i.e. The center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial.">among you.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/19-10.htm">Exodus 19:10-11</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes / and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-7.htm">Leviticus 20:7-8</a></span><br />Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God. / And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/11-18.htm">Numbers 11:18</a></span><br />And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/16-5.htm">1 Samuel 16:5</a></span><br />“In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">2 Chronicles 29:5</a></span><br />“Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. “Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">Isaiah 52:11</a></span><br />Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-16.htm">Joel 2:16</a></span><br />Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-11.htm">Zephaniah 3:11-13</a></span><br />On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain. / But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD. / The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/4-3.htm">Psalm 4:3</a></span><br />Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-10.htm">Psalm 51:10</a></span><br />Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/139-23.htm">Psalm 139:23-24</a></span><br />Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. / See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/17-17.htm">John 17:17</a></span><br />Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1-2</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. / Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-2.htm">1 Corinthians 1:2</a></span><br />To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-11.htm">1 Corinthians 6:11</a></span><br />And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.</p><p class="hdg">Sanctify</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/7-13.htm">Joshua 7:13</a></b></br> Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, <i>There is</i> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/19-10.htm">Exodus 19:10-15</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/10-3.htm">Leviticus 10:3</a></b></br> Then Moses said unto Aaron, This <i>is it</i> 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.</p><p class="hdg">the Lord</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/3-13.htm">Joshua 3:13,15</a></b></br> 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, <i>that</i> the waters of Jordan shall be cut off <i>from</i> the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/86-10.htm">Psalm 86:10</a></b></br> For thou <i>art</i> great, and doest wondrous things: thou <i>art</i> God alone.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/114-1.htm">Psalm 114:1-7</a></b></br> When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/8-9.htm">Amazing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-19.htm">Consecrate</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-12.htm">Hallow</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-8.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/joshua/3-1.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/joshua/3-2.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/numbers/33-3.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-51.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/numbers/16-16.htm">Tomorrow</a> <a href="/numbers/16-16.htm">To-Morrow</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-46.htm">Wonder</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/34-11.htm">Wonders</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-4.htm">Works</a> <a href="/joshua/2-16.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/13-19.htm">Amazing</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-5.htm">Consecrate</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-5.htm">Hallow</a> <a href="/joshua/5-15.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/joshua/3-6.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/joshua/3-17.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/joshua/5-11.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/joshua/7-13.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/joshua/7-13.htm">Tomorrow</a> <a href="/joshua/7-13.htm">To-Morrow</a> <a href="/judges/13-18.htm">Wonder</a> <a href="/judges/13-19.htm">Wonders</a> <a href="/joshua/24-31.htm">Works</a> <a href="/joshua/3-12.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/3-1.htm">Joshua come to Jordan</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/3-2.htm">The officers instruct the people for their passage</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/3-7.htm">The Lord encourages Joshua</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/3-9.htm">Joshua encourages the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/3-14.htm">The water of Jordan are divided</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/joshua/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then Joshua told the people</b><br>Joshua, the leader of Israel after Moses, is speaking to the Israelites. This moment occurs as they prepare to cross the Jordan River into the Promised Land. Joshua's leadership is crucial, as he guides the people in fulfilling God's promises. His role as a leader is reminiscent of Moses, and he is a type of Christ, leading God's people into their inheritance.<p><b>“Consecrate yourselves</b><br>Consecration involves setting oneself apart for a holy purpose. In the Old Testament, this often included rituals such as washing clothes, abstaining from certain activities, and offering sacrifices. This act of consecration signifies spiritual preparation and purification, emphasizing the need for holiness when approaching God. It reflects the broader biblical theme of sanctification, seen in passages like <a href="/leviticus/20-7.htm">Leviticus 20:7-8</a> and <a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">1 Peter 1:15-16</a>.<p><b>for tomorrow</b><br>The specific timing indicates an imminent divine action. It underscores the urgency and immediacy of God's plans. This phrase also highlights the faith required to trust in God's timing, as seen in other biblical narratives where God acts at a specific moment, such as the Exodus from Egypt.<p><b>the LORD will do wonders among you.”</b><br>The term "wonders" refers to miraculous acts that demonstrate God's power and presence. In the context of Israel's history, this includes events like the parting of the Red Sea and the plagues in Egypt. These wonders serve as signs of God's covenant faithfulness and His ability to fulfill His promises. The anticipation of wonders also points to the New Testament, where Jesus performs miracles, affirming His divine authority and foreshadowing the ultimate wonder of His resurrection.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites after Moses, tasked with leading them into the Promised Land. He is a central figure in the book of Joshua, known for his faithfulness and obedience to God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God, descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who are on the brink of entering the Promised Land after wandering in the desert for 40 years.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/consecration.htm">Consecration</a></b><br>A process of making oneself holy or set apart for God's purposes. In the context of <a href="/joshua/3-5.htm">Joshua 3:5</a>, it involves spiritual preparation for witnessing God's miraculous works.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, who is about to perform miraculous deeds to demonstrate His power and faithfulness to His promises.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, promised by God to the descendants of Abraham, a symbol of God's faithfulness and the fulfillment of His promises.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_holiness.htm">The Call to Holiness</a></b><br>Consecration is a call to holiness and purity, setting ourselves apart for God's purposes. It involves both spiritual and moral preparation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/expectancy_of_god's_work.htm">Expectancy of God's Work</a></b><br>Joshua's instruction to consecrate themselves was in anticipation of God's wonders. We should live with expectancy, preparing our hearts for God's work in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_precedes_miracles.htm">Obedience Precedes Miracles</a></b><br>The Israelites' obedience in consecrating themselves was a prerequisite for witnessing God's miraculous acts. Our obedience to God's commands often precedes His blessings and interventions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_and_communal_preparation.htm">Personal and Communal Preparation</a></b><br>Consecration was both an individual and communal act for the Israelites. Similarly, our spiritual preparation should involve personal devotion and communal worship and accountability.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_decision_guidance_is_in_the_bible.htm">What guidance does the Bible offer for decision making?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_a_holy_war.htm">What defines a holy war?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_plot_of_jordan_crossing.htm">What is the plot of Jordan Crossing?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/should_christians_join_labor_unions.htm">What is Gilgal's significance in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Sanctify yourselves.</span> The Hithpahel, which is used here, is frequently used of ceremonial purification, as in <a href="/exodus/19-22.htm">Exodus 19:22</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/15-12.htm">1 Chronicles 15:12, 14</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/5-11.htm">2 Chronicles 5:11</a>; and especially <a href="/2_samuel/11-4.htm">2 Samuel 11:4</a>. It is also connected with purification, but ironically, in <a href="/isaiah/66-17.htm">Isaiah 66:17</a>. <span class="cmt_word">Tomorrow.</span> These words were uttered while all was in preparation. We learn from ver. 7, though it is not expressly stated, that the actual crossing took place the next day. We ought, probably, to place this verse in a parenthesis, and to translate "Joshua had said," because the sanctification (see <a href="/exodus/19-10.htm">Exodus 19:10, 14</a>) involved some definite period. Knobel, however, assumes, as usual, that there is at least a faulty arrangement here. <span class="cmt_word">Wonders,</span> or rather, <span class="accented">miracles</span>, from <span class="hebrew">פָלָא</span> to <span class="accented">separate, distinguish.</span> They were, therefore, acts distinguished from the ordinary course of God's providence. We may observe that, while among the Canaanites all was terror and confusion, m the camp of Joshua all was confidence and faith. "Either successe or discomfiture begins ever at the heart. A man's inward disposition doth more than presage the event. If Satan see us once faint, he gives himselfe the day. There is no way to safety, but that our hearts be the last that shall yield" (Bp. Hall). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joshua/3-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then Joshua</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3091.htm">Strong's 3091: </a> </span><span class="str2">Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">told</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֧אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the people,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Consecrate yourselves,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּ</span> <span class="translit">(hiṯ·qad·dā·šū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6942.htm">Strong's 6942: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be set apart or consecrated</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tomorrow</span><br /><span class="heb">מָחָ֗ר</span> <span class="translit">(mā·ḥār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4279.htm">Strong's 4279: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deferred, the morrow, tomorrow, hereafter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will do</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲשֶׂ֧ה</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wonders</span><br /><span class="heb">נִפְלָאֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(nip̄·lā·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6381.htm">Strong's 6381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To separate, distinguish, to be, great, difficult, wonderful</span><br /><br /><span class="word">among you.”</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·qir·bə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7130.htm">Strong's 7130: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nearest part, the center</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/3-5.htm">Joshua 3:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/3-5.htm">Joshua 3:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/3-5.htm">Joshua 3:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/3-5.htm">Joshua 3:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joshua/3-5.htm">Joshua 3:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/3-5.htm">Joshua 3:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/3-5.htm">Joshua 3:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/3-5.htm">Joshua 3:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/3-5.htm">Joshua 3:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joshua/3-5.htm">Joshua 3:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joshua/3-5.htm">OT History: Joshua 3:5 Joshua said to the people Sanctify yourselves (Josh. 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