¹¹ “Go through the camp and tell the people to get their provisions ready. In three days you will cross the Jordan River and take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving you.”

² Three days later the Israelite officers went through the camp,

³¹ For you are about to cross the Jordan River to take over the land the Lord your God is giving you. When you take that land and are living in it,

Victory by God’s Grace

9 “Listen, O Israel! Today you are about to cross the Jordan River to take over the land belonging to nations much greater and more powerful than you. They live in cities with walls that reach to the sky!

⁵ “Go back to Hezekiah, the leader of my people. Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and three days from now you will get out of bed and go to the Temple of the Lord.

¹¹ Be sure they are ready on the third day, for on that day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai as all the people watch.