8. Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, ‘When you reach the bank of the Jordan River, wade into the water.’”
9. Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God!”
10. Joshua continued, “This is how you will know the living God is among you and that he will truly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.
11. Look! The ark of the covenant of the Ruler of the whole earth is ready to enter the Jordan ahead of you.
12. Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.
13. When the feet of the priests carrying the ark of the Lord, the Ruler of the whole earth, touch the water of the Jordan, the water coming downstream toward you will stop flowing and pile up.”
14. So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.