3Early in the morning Joshua rose and set out from Shittim with all the Israelites, and they came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing over. 2At the end of three days the officers went through the camp 3and commanded the people, ‘When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place. Follow it, 4so that you may know the way you should go, for you have not passed this way before. Yet there shall be a space between you and it, a distance of about two thousand cubits; do not come any nearer to it.’ 5Then Joshua said to the people, ‘Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.’ 6To the priests Joshua said, ‘Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass on in front of the people.’ So they took up the ark of the covenant and went in front of the people.
7 The Lord said to Joshua, ‘This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so that they may know that I will be with you as I was with Moses. 8You are the one who shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, “When you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.” ’
14 When the people set out from their tents to cross over the Jordan, the priests bearing the ark of the covenant were in front of the people. 15Now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest. So when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the edge of the water, 16the waters flowing from above stood still, rising up in a single heap far off at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, while those flowing towards the sea of the Arabah, the Dead Sea,* were wholly cut off. Then the people crossed over opposite Jericho. 17While all Israel were crossing over on dry ground, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, until the entire nation finished crossing over the Jordan.
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1 God is our refuge and strength, ♦︎
a very present help in trouble;
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be moved, ♦︎
and though the mountains tremble in the heart of the sea;
3 Though the waters rage and swell, ♦︎
and though the mountains quake at the towering seas.
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, ♦︎
the holy place of the dwelling of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her;
therefore shall she not be removed; ♦︎
God shall help her at the break of day.
6 The nations are in uproar and the kingdoms are shaken, ♦︎
but God utters his voice and the earth shall melt away.
7 The Lord of hosts is with us; ♦︎
the God of Jacob is our stronghold.
8 Come and behold the works of the Lord, ♦︎
what destruction he has wrought upon the earth.
9 He makes wars to cease in all the world; ♦︎
he shatters the bow and snaps the spear
and burns the chariots in the fire.
10 ‘Be still, and know that I am God; ♦︎
I will be exalted among the nations;
I will be exalted in the earth.’
11 The Lord of hosts is with us; ♦︎
the God of Jacob is our stronghold.
1 Clap your hands together, all you peoples; ♦︎
O sing to God with shouts of joy.
2 For the Lord Most High is to be feared; ♦︎
he is the great King over all the earth.
3 He subdued the peoples under us ♦︎
and the nations under our feet.
4 He has chosen our heritage for us, ♦︎
the pride of Jacob, whom he loves.
5 God has gone up with a merry noise, ♦︎
the Lord with the sound of the trumpet.
6 O sing praises to God, sing praises; ♦︎
sing praises to our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the King of all the earth; ♦︎
sing praises with all your skill.
8 God reigns over the nations; ♦︎
God has taken his seat upon his holy throne.
9 The nobles of the peoples are gathered together ♦︎
with the people of the God of Abraham.
10 For the powers of the earth belong to God ♦︎
and he is very highly exalted.
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1Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, 2but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son,* whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. 3He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains* all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
5 For to which of the angels did God ever say,
‘You are my Son;
today I have begotten you’?
Or again,
‘I will be his Father,
and he will be my Son’?
6And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says,
‘Let all God’s angels worship him.’
7Of the angels he says,
‘He makes his angels winds,
and his servants flames of fire.’
8But of the Son he says,
‘Your throne, O God, is* for ever and ever,
and the righteous sceptre is the sceptre of your* kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.’
10And,
‘In the beginning, Lord, you founded the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands;
11 they will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like clothing;
12 like a cloak you will roll them up,
and like clothing* they will be changed.
But you are the same,
and your years will never end.’
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15 As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah,* 16John answered all of them by saying, ‘I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with* the Holy Spirit and fire. 17His winnowing-fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing-floor and to gather the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.’
18 So, with many other exhortations, he proclaimed the good news to the people. 19But Herod the ruler,* who had been rebuked by him because of Herodias, his brother’s wife, and because of all the evil things that Herod had done, 20added to them all by shutting up John in prison.
21 Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened,
22and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved;* with you I am well pleased.’*
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