"You shall, moreover, commandthe priestswho are carryingthe arkof the covenant,saying,'When you cometo the edgeof the watersof the Jordan,you shall stand[still] in the Jordan.'"
Then Elijahsaidto him, "Pleasestayhere,for the LORDhas sentme to the Jordan."And he said,"As the LORDlives,and as you yourselflive,I will not leaveyou." So the twoof them wenton.
They assembledtheir brothers,consecratedthemselves, and wentin to cleansethe houseof the LORD,according to the commandmentof the kingby the wordsof the LORD.
Then Hezekiahgavethe orderto offerthe burntofferingon the altar.Whenthe burntofferingbegan,the songto the LORDalso beganwith the trumpets,[accompanied] by the instrumentsof David,kingof Israel.
Moreover, KingHezekiahand the officialsorderedthe Levitesto singpraisesto the LORDwith the wordsof Davidand Asaphthe seer.So they sangpraiseswith joy,and boweddownand worshiped.
The handof Godwas alsoon Judahto givethem oneheartto dowhatthe kingand the princescommandedby the wordof the LORD.
And I commandedthe Levitesthat they should purifythemselves and comeas gatekeepersto sanctifythe sabbathday.[For] thisalsorememberme, O my God,and havecompassionon me according to the greatnessof Your lovingkindness.
Even one of the sonsof Joiada,the sonof Eliashibthe highpriest,was a son-in-lawof Sanballatthe Horonite,so I drovehim awayfrom me.
But Mosessaidto the people,"Do not fear!Standby and seethe salvationof the LORDwhichHe will accomplishfor you today;for the Egyptianswhomyou have seentoday,you will neverseethem againforever.
[It is] goodthat he waitssilentlyFor the salvationof the LORD.
And the priestswho carriedthe arkof the covenantof the LORDstoodfirmon drygroundin the middleof the Jordanwhile allIsraelcrossedon dryground,untilallthe nationhad finishedcrossingthe Jordan.
and they commandedthe people,saying,"When you seethe arkof the covenantof the LORDyour Godwith the Leviticalpriestscarryingit, then you shall setout from your placeand goafterit.
Now the LORDsaidto Joshua,"ThisdayI will beginto exaltyou in the sightof allIsrael,that they may knowthat justas I have beenwith Moses,I will be with you.
Then Joshuasaidto the sonsof Israel,"Comehere,and hearthe wordsof the LORDyour God."
and whenallthe peoplehad finishedcrossing,the arkof the LORDand the priestscrossedbeforethe people.
