Joshua 3:11

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Joshua 3:11 (WEB)
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.

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Tertullian

Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion IV.20Book IV
“Read, too, how that the Jordan was as a sword, to hinder the emigrant nation in their passage across its stream; how that its waters from above stood still, and its current below wholly ceased to run at the bidding of Joshua, when his priests began to pass over!” — editor's note: Josh. iii. 9–17.
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Hippolytus of Rome

Hippolytus of Rome, The Refutation of All Heresies V.2Book V
“This, he says, is the great Jordan which, flowing on (here) below, and preventing the children of Israel from departing out of Egypt—I mean from terrestrial intercourse, for Egypt is with them the body,—Jesus drove back, and made it flow upwards.” — editor's note: Josh. iii. 7–17.
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1 Samuel 4:4
Joshua 3:11 and 1 Samuel 4:4 share the same wording (12 words).

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Verse1 Samuel 4:4

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PassageThe Five Books Against Marcion IV.20
PassageThe Refutation of All Heresies V.2

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