Joshua 1:11

Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it.

Cross-references

Joshua 3:2 Historical context

In Joshua 3:2, the three days have passed and the officers give new instructions — directly continuing the timeline from Joshua 1:11.

Deuteronomy 9:1 repeats the command to cross Jordan and dispossess nations — directly parallel to Joshua's charge.

Deuteronomy 11:31 echoes the same promise of crossing Jordan to possess the land — reinforcing the mandate.

Deuteronomy 27:2 gives instructions for the day of crossing the Jordan — directly ties to the same imminent event.

In Exodus 19:11, Israel is to be ready on the third day for God's descent on Sinai — a parallel three-day preparation pattern to Joshua's crossing.