Crossing the Jordan

Joshua 3:1-17

March 22, 2026

1. Caution Blowing Dust Area – Do Not Enter When Flooded
2. Liability for emergency responses in flood areas
3. Memory Verse – Joshua 1:9
4. Preparation for the Crossing (vv. 1-4)
5. Joshua 1:8
6. Mark 1:35
7. Possible order of events:
8. 3rd Nisan - the spies are sent out by Joshua
9. Joshua 2:1
10. 6th Nisan - the spies return
11. Joshua 2:23
12. 7th Nisan – the command of Joshua 1:11 is issued
13. Joshua 1:11
14. 9th Nisan - the camp is moved from Shittim to the Jordan
15. Joshua 3:1
16. 10th Nisan – they crossed the Jordan
17. Joshua 4:19
18. The “sacred chest” was to be a rectangular wooden box made from acacia wood, overlaid “inside and out with pure gold,”
19. Psalm 99:1
20. Numbers 7:89
21. 1 Peter 1:18-19
22. 1 Peter 3:18
23. 1 John 4:10
24. Hebrews 10:3-4
25. Numbers 4:4-6
26. Consecration for the Crossing (vv. 5-13)
27. Consecrate - Sanctify yourselves – set apart – v. 5
28. Exodus 34:10
29. Joshua 4:14
30. Completion of the Crossing (vv. 14-17)
31. List of miracles
32. The event came to pass as predicted (vv. 13, 15)
33. The timing was exact (v. 15)
34. The crossing took place at flood stage (v. 15)
35. The wall of water was held in place for many hours – maybe a full day (v. 16)
36. The wet, muddy, river bottom was dry at once (v. 17)
37. The water returned right after the people had crossed and the priests came up out of the riverbed (4:18)
38. Application
39. Compare Red Sea vs. Jordan crossings
40. Red Sea
41. Separation from the past
42. Jordan
43. Pictures entrance by faith into our spiritual inheritance in Christ
44. Red Sea
45. Enemy defeated once & for all
46. Jordan
47. Jews had to win one victory after another in Canaan