I 3.1-17: Crossing the Jordan.
In verse 3: The crossing is described as a religious procession led by the ark.
In verse 4: Because the ark is dangerously holy (compare 2 Sam 6.6-7), the people must keep their distance.
In verse 5: To be ready for a miraculous event, the people are to perform a ceremony to make themselves holy.
In verse 7: The concern raised by 1.17 is resolved here and in 6.27: The Lord is indeed with Joshua.
In verse 10: As the living God, the Lord will be alive and active in the upcoming conquest.
In verse 12: The selection of twelve men anticipates 4.2.
In verse 15: That the Jordan overflows all its banks increases the wonder of the miracle and makes it possible for the priests feet to touch the edge of the water.
In verse 16: Because the flow stood still sixteen miles (twenty-five kilometers) upstream at Adam, the water that would have flowed downstream was cut off.
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