¶ And Joshua rose early¹ in the morning; and they removed from Shittim², and came to Jordan³, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.

And it came to pass after three days⁴, that the officers went through the host;

And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see⁵ the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests⁶ the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove⁷ from your place, and go after it.

Yet there shall be a space⁸ between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify¹⁰ yourselves: for to morrow the LORD¹¹ will do wonders among you.

And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up¹² the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee¹³ in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was¹⁴ with Moses, so I will be with thee.

And thou shalt command¹⁵ the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand¹⁶ still in Jordan.

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words¹⁷ of the LORD your God.

¶ And Joshua said, Hereby ye¹⁸ shall know that the living¹⁹ God is among²⁰ you, and that he will without fail drive out from²¹ before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord²² of all the earth passeth²³ over before you into Jordan.

²⁴Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles²⁵ of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD²⁶, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon²⁷ an heap.

¶ And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark²⁸ of the covenant before the people;

And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet²⁹ of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth³⁰ all his banks all the time³¹ of harvest,)

That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up³² upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan³³: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea³⁶, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

And the priests³⁸ that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm³⁹ on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites⁴⁰ passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.