and commanded the people, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God carried by the Levitical priests, you are to break camp and follow it.
Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, because the LORD will do wonders among you tomorrow.”
Then he said to the priests, “Carry the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.
The LORD spoke to Joshua: “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they will know that I will be with you just as I was with Moses.
Then Joshua told the Israelites, “Come closer and listen to the words of the LORD your God.”
He said, “You will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly dispossess before you the Canaanites, Hethites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites
“when the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth goes ahead of you into the Jordan.
When the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of the people.
Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan, their feet touched the water at its edge
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