Holy Scripture

Joshua 3:1

A church father on this verse
“But Jesus [Joshua], son of Nave [Nun], was a type of him in many things; for when he began to rule the people, he began from the Jordan; thence also did Christ begin to preach the gospel after he was baptized. The son of Nave [Nun] appoints the twelve to divide the inheritance;2 and Jesus sends forth the twelve apostl…”
Cyril of Jerusalem, 4th c. — Catechetical Lecture 10:11

Source: Septuagint

Original

1And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and departed from Shittim; and they came as far as Jordan, and lodged there before they crossed over.

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In context

— Joshua 3:1 —

2And it came to pass after three days, that the scribes went through the camp;

3and they charged the people, saying, When ye shall see the ark of the covenant of the Lord our God, and our priests and the Levites bearing it, ye shall depart from your places, and ye shall go after it.

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