and whenallthe peoplehad finishedcrossing,the arkof the LORDand the priestscrossedbeforethe people.
But you will not goout in haste,Norwill you goas fugitives;For the LORDwill gobeforeyou, And the Godof Israel[will be] your rearguard.
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 the priestswho carriedthe arkof the covenantof the LORDstoodfirmon drygroundin the middleof the Jordanwhile allIsraelcrossedon dryground,untilallthe nationhad finishedcrossingthe Jordan.
"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.'"
For the priestswho carriedthe arkwere standingin the middleof the Jordanuntileverythingwas completedthat the LORDhad commandedJoshuato speakto the people,according to allthat Moseshad commandedJoshua.And the peoplehurriedand crossed;
The sonsof Reubenand the sonsof Gadand the half-tribeof Manassehcrossedoverin battlearraybeforethe sonsof Israel,justas Moseshad spokento them;
It cameabout when the priestswho carriedthe arkof the covenantof the LORDhad comeup from the middleof the Jordan,and the solesof the priests'feetwere liftedup to the dryground,that the watersof the Jordanreturnedto their place,and wentoverallits banksas before.
