Deuteronomy 31:3

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Yahweh your God, he will go over before you; he will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them: [and] Joshua, he shall go over before you, as Yahweh has spoken.

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The Jordan River marked the boundary between the wilderness east of Canaan and the land God promised Israel. In this passage, Israel’s crossing of the Jordan signifies the transition from Moses’ leadership to Joshua’s, as the Lord fulfills his covenant promise by driving out the nations before them.

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Deuteronomy 31:3 mentions Jordan.

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