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Cov Yixayee hlaa tug dej Yalatee
1Yausua hab cov Yixayee suavdawg sawv ntxuv tawm ntawm Sithi moog txug tug dej Yalatee mas puab tsuam chaw nyob hov ntawd ua ntej kws puab yuav hlaa moog.
2Thaus dhau peb nub lawd cov ua thawj ncig thoob plawg huv lub yeej,
3hab has rua cov pejxeem tas, “Thaus mej pum cov pov thawj kws yog xeem Levi kwv mej tug Vaajtswv Yawmsaub lub swb xaab sws cog lug moog, mej ca le sawv kev lawv puab moog,
4mej txhad pum qaab kev moog, tsua qhov mej tsw tau moog dua txujkev ntawd. Mej yuav ua qaab deb ntawm lub swb xaab kwvlaam ob txheeb tshwm, tsw xob txaav moog ze lub swb xaab ntawd.”
5Yausua txhad has rua cov pejxeem tas, “Ca le tu kuas mej dawb huv, tsua qhov pigkig Yawmsaub yuav ua txujci phemfwj rua huv plawv mej.”
6Hab Yausua has rua cov pov thawj tas, “Ca le kwv lub swb xaab sws cog lug ua cov pejxeem ntej moog.” Puab txawm kwv lub swb xaab sws cog lug moog ua cov pejxeem ntej.
7Yawmsaub has rua Yausua tas, “Nub nua kuv yuav chiv tsaa koj ua luj rua huv cov Yixayee suavdawg kuas puab saib taug, sub puab txhad paub tas kuv nrug nraim Mauxe le caag kuv yuav nrug nraim koj le ntawd.
8Hab koj ca le has rua cov pov thawj kws kwv lub swb xaab sws cog lug tas, ‘Thaus mej lug txug ntawm ntug dej Yalatee, mej ca le sawv nreg rua huv plawv tug dej Yalatee.’ ”
9Hab Yausua has rua cov Yixayee tas, “Ca le lug ntawm nuav, hab tig ntsej noog Yawmsaub kws yog mej tug Vaajtswv tej lug.”
10Yausua has tas, “Vem tej nuav mej yuav paub tas Vaajtswv kws muaj txujsa nyob yeej nrug nraim mej nyob, hab nwg yuav ntab cov Khana‑aa, cov Hithai, cov Hivai, cov Pelixai, cov Kawkasi, cov Amaulai hab cov Yenpu tawm ntawm mej hauv ntej moog tag tag le.
11Saib maj, tug Tswv⚓ kws kaav taag nrho lub qaab ntuj nuav lub swb xaab sws cog lug yuav ua mej ntej moog rua huv tug dej Yalatee.
12Vem le nuav ca le xaiv kaum ob leeg tawm huv kaum ob xeem Yixayee lug, ib xeem ib leeg.
13Thaus cov pov thawj kws kwv Yawmsaub kws yog tug Tswv kws kaav taag nrho lub qaab ntuj lub swb xaab puab txhais xwb taw nqeg rua huv tug dej Yalatee, tes tug dej Yalatee yuav tsw ndwg lug. Cov dej kws ndwg saab peg lug yuav tauv nkaus ua ib phaab.”
14Thaus cov pejxeem tawm ntawm puab lub chaw tsuam moog hlaa tug dej Yalatee, cov pov thawj kwv lub swb xaab sws cog lug moog ua puab ntej.
15Lub caij sau qoob hov tug dej Yalatee pheej nyaab rua ob saab ntug. Thaus cov pov thawj kws kwv lub swb xaab lug txug ntawm ntug dej Yalatee hab puab txhais kwtaw nqeg rua huv tug dej,
16mas cov dej kws ndwg saab peg lug txawm tauv nkaus ua ib phaab ntawm lub moos Ataa kws nyob ze lub moos Xalethaa, huas cov dej saab nraag kws ndwg moog rua Havtxwv Alanpa kws yog Havtxwv Ntsev⚓ tu nrho lawm. Mas cov Yixayee kuj hlaa ncaaj ntawm lub moos Yelikhau.
17Lub swjhawm kws cov Yixayee suavdawg hlaa kev qhuav qhawv moog, cov pov thawj kws kwv Yawmsaub lub swb xaab sws cog lug kuj sawv nreg aav qhuav qhawv huv plawv tug dej Yalatee moog txug thaus cov pejxeem suavdawg hlaa tug dej Yalatee dhau taag huvsw.
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Crossing the Jordan
1Early in the morning Joshua and all the Israelites set out from Shittim and went to the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.
2After three days the officers went throughout the camp,
3giving 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.
4Then 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.”
5Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.”
6Joshua 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.
7And 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.
8Tell the priests who carry the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the Jordan’s waters, go and stand in the river.’ ”
9Joshua said to the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God.
10This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites.
11See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you.
12Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
13And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the Lord—the Lord of all the earth—set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.”
14So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.
15Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,
16the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
17The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.