5. Joshua said to the people, “Purify yourselves, because tomorrow the Lord will perform miracles among you.”
6. Then he told the priests to take the Covenant Box and go with it ahead of the people. They did as he said.
7. The Lord said to Joshua, “What I do today will make all the people of Israel begin to honour you as a great man, and they will realize that I am with you as I was with Moses.
8. Tell the priests carrying the Covenant Box that when they reach the river, they must wade in and stand near the bank.”
9. Then Joshua said to the people, “Come here and listen to what the Lord your God has to say.