Joshua 3 & 4

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Across
  1. 5. The Lord your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the _____ when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over. He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.”
  2. 7. Now 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, 16 the water from upstream _______ flowing.
  3. 10. That day the Lord _______ Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they stood in awe of him all the days of his life, just as they had stood in awe of Moses.
  4. 12. Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before. But keep a distance of about ____ _____ cubits[a] between you and the ark; do not go near it.”
Down
  1. 1. Now then, choose ______ men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
  2. 2. And 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 ________.
  3. 3. Early in the morning Joshua and all the Israelites set out from Shittim and went to the ________, where they camped before crossing over.
  4. 4. About ______ thousand armed for battle crossed over before the Lord to the plains of Jericho for war.
  5. 6. “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the ________ priests carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it.
  6. 7. Tell the priests who carry the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the Jordan’s waters, go and ______ in the river.
  7. 8. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’ tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a ___________ to the people of Israel forever.
  8. 9. And the priests came up out of the river carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord. No sooner had they set their feet on the dry ground than the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and ran at ___________ as before
  9. 11. The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on _____ ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.