How long did it take the Children of Israel to cross the River Jordan?

The Bible does not really this question, although the story implies a fairly quick passage. But we can do some calculations to determine how long it would have taken.

The Bible says that there were 600,000 fighting men. Scholars calculate that this would mean at least 2.5 million Israelites, including women, children, priests and the elderly. The Bible also says that the Israelites had cattle, which would also have been driven across.

Travelling several persons abreast, we could start by assuming that on average one person crossed every second, day and night for twenty four hours a day. Two and a half million people would take up to 29 days to cross.