5. And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves [that is, separate yourselves for a special holy purpose], for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
6. Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the covenant and pass over before the people. And they took it up and went on before the people.
7. The Lord said to Joshua, This day I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
8. You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.
9. Joshua said to the Israelites, Come near, hear the words of the Lord your God.
10. Joshua said, Hereby you shall know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out from before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.
11. Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing over before you into the Jordan!
12. So now take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.