5. Then Joshua told the people, “Make yourselves holy, because tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.”
6. Joshua said to the priests, “Take the Ark of the Agreement and go ahead of the people.” So the priests lifted the Ark and carried it ahead of the people.
7. Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to make you great in the opinion of all the Israelites so the people will know I am with you just as I was with Moses.
8. Tell the priests who carry the Ark of the Agreement to go to the edge of the Jordan River and stand in the water.”
9. Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God.