Chapter 3 records Israel’s crossing of the Jordan River. They’ve been camped, all 2-3 million of them, seven miles east of the river for awhile, but now it’s time to cross.
Read this chapter through lightly, just to get a feel for the basics of the narrative. You’ll notice some repetition. Rather than skim over those (“I already know what this is going to say”) take special note of what words or features are repeated. You might find it helpful to mark with a pencil those repeated portions.
Anything repeated is important and points us to the spiritual lesson God wants us to get from the narrative. But we’ll work on that later. For now, just enjoy the story.

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