Joshua 3:17
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
Cross-references
Joshua 3:3-6 gives the command to follow the ark and consecrate themselves — the instructions that led to the priests standing in the Jordan here.
Joshua 3:8 commands the priests to stand in the Jordan; here they obey, completing the narrative sequence.
Joshua 4:3 instructs taking twelve stones from where the priests stood in the Jordan — a memorial from the event described here.
Joshua 4:1 records God's command immediately after the crossing, continuing the narrative of the Jordan miracle.
Joshua 4:10 elaborates that the priests stood in the Jordan until all God's commands were fulfilled, showing the duration.
Joshua 4:11 describes the ark and priests crossing after the people, completing the crossing event.
Joshua 4:22 instructs that the crossing on dry ground be remembered as a sign for future generations.
Joshua 9:1 shows the crossing's impact: neighboring kings heard and reacted in fear.
Hebrews 11:29 recalls the Red Sea crossing by faith on dry land, a similar miracle of faith and divine intervention as the Jordan crossing.
In Exodus 14:22, the Israelites cross the Red Sea on dry ground – the same miraculous dry path through water, prefiguring the Jordan crossing.
Psalm 66:6 recounts God turning the sea into dry land and the river crossing, directly referencing both Red Sea and Jordan miracles.
In 2 Kings 2:8, Elijah parts the Jordan with his mantle, echoing the same miracle of crossing on dry ground as Joshua experienced.
Exodus 14:29 also describes the Red Sea crossing on dry ground, reinforcing the parallel miracle of God's deliverance through water.
Deuteronomy 12:10 refers to crossing the Jordan and entering the land – a promise/command that Joshua 3:17 enacts.
Numbers 33:51 commands crossing the Jordan into Canaan – the same event that Joshua 3:17 fulfills.
Nehemiah 9:23 recalls God bringing Israel into the land, echoing the crossing as the moment of entry.
Habakkuk 3:8 poetically recalls God's control over rivers, likely alluding to the Jordan crossing where He dried the waters.