And Joshuaroseearly in the morning; and theyremovedfromShittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodgedtherebeforetheypassedover.
And theycommanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORDyour God, and the priests the Levitesbearing it, then ye shallremovefromyourplace, and go after it.
Yet thereshall be a spacebetween you and it, about two thousandcubits by measure: come not nearunto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passedthis way heretofore.
And Joshuaspakeunto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and passoverbefore the people. And theytook up the ark of the covenant, and wentbefore the people.
And the LORDsaiduntoJoshua, This day will I begin to magnifythee in the sight of all Israel, thatthey may knowthat, as I was withMoses, so I will be withthee.
And thoushaltcommand the prieststhatbear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shallstandstill in Jordan.
And Joshuasaid, Hereby ye shallknowthat the living God is among you, and that he willwithoutfaildrive out frombefore you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
And it shallcome to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the prieststhatbear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shallrest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordanshall be cut off from the watersthatcomedownfromabove; and theyshallstandupon an heap.
And as theythatbare the ark werecomeuntoJordan, and the feet of the prieststhatbare the ark weredipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordanoverfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
That the waterswhichcamedownfromabovestood and rose up upon an heapvery far from the cityAdam, that is besideZaretan: and thosethatcamedowntoward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the peoplepassedoverrightagainstJericho.
And the prieststhatbare the ark of the covenant of the LORDstoodfirm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelitespassedover on dry ground, until all the peoplewerepassedcleanoverJordan.