the priests: Joshua 3:3-6
stood firm: Joshua 4:3; 2 Kings 2:8
all the Israelites: Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:29; Psalms 66:6; Isaiah 25:8; Hebrews 11:29
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Joshua 3:17
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