Discovery BoxJoshua 3:11-14 
Context3:11 Look! The ark of the covenant of the Ruler 1 of the whole earth is ready to enter the Jordan ahead of you. 3:12 Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe. 3:13 When the feet 2 of the priests carrying the ark of the Lord, the Ruler 3 of the whole earth, touch 4 the water of the Jordan, the water coming downstream toward you will stop flowing and pile up.” 5
3:14 So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went 6 ahead of them.
1 tn Or “Lord”; or “Master.”
2 tn Heb “the soles of the feet.”
3 tn Or “Lord”; or “Master.”
4 tn Or “rest in.”
5 tn Heb “the waters of the Jordan, the waters descending from above, will be cut off so that they will stand in one pile.”
6 tn The verb, though not in the Hebrew, is added for clarification.
