So when the peoplesetout from their tentsto crossthe Jordanwith the priestscarryingthe arkof the covenantbeforethe people,
Arise,O LORD,to Your restingplace,You and the arkof Your strength.
"It shall be in thosedayswhenyou are multipliedand increasedin the land,"declaresthe LORD,"they will nolongersay,'The arkof the covenantof the LORD.'And it will not cometo mind,norwill they rememberit, norwill they miss[it], norwill it be madeagain.
"Takethisbookof the lawand placeit besidethe arkof the covenantof the LORDyour God,that it may remainthereas a witnessagainst you.
havinga goldenaltar of incenseand the arkof the covenantcoveredon all sideswith gold,in whichwas a goldenjarholdingthe manna,and Aaron'srodwhich budded,and the tablesof the covenant;
You crossedthe Jordanand cameto Jericho;and the citizensof Jerichofoughtagainst you, [and] the Amoriteand the Perizziteand the Canaaniteand the Hittiteand the Girgashite,the Hiviteand the Jebusite.Thus I gavethem into your hand.
and they commandedthe people,saying,"When you seethe arkof the covenantof the LORDyour Godwith the Leviticalpriestscarryingit, then you shall setout from your placeand goafterit.
And Joshuaspoketo the priests,saying,"Takeup the arkof the covenantand crossoveraheadof the people."So they tookup the arkof the covenantand wentaheadof the people.
So Joshuathe sonof Nuncalledthe priestsand saidto them, "Takeup the arkof the covenant,and let sevenpriestscarryseventrumpetsof rams'hornsbeforethe arkof the LORD."
