1And Joshua rose up early in the morning ; and they removed from Shittim , and came to the Jordan , he and all the children of Israel ; and they lodged there before they passed over . 2And it came to pass after three days , that the officers went through the midst of the camp ; 3and they commanded the people , saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God , and the priests the Levites bearing it , then ye shall remove from your place , and go after it . 4Yet there shall be a space 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 . 5And Joshua said unto the people , Sanctify yourselves ; for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders among you . 6And Joshua spake unto the priests , saying, Take up 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 . 7And Jehovah said unto Joshua , This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel , that they may know that , as I was with Moses , so I will be with thee . 8And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant , saying, When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan , ye shall stand still in the Jordan . 9And Joshua said unto the children of Israel , Come hither , and hear the words of Jehovah your God . 10And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you , and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite , and the Hittite , and the Hivite , and the Perizzite , and the Girgashite , and the Amorite, and the Jebusite . 11Behold , the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into the Jordan . 12Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel , for every tribe a man. 13And it shall come to pass , when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of Jehovah , the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan , that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off , even the waters that come down from above ; and they shall stand in one heap . 14And it came to pass , when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan , the priests that bare the ark of the covenant being before the people ; 15and when they that bare the ark were come unto the Jordan , and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water ( for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest ), 16that the waters which came down from above stood , and rose up in one heap , a great way off , at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan ; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah , even the Salt Sea , were wholly cut off : and the people passed over right against Jericho . 17And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan ; and all Israel passed over on dry ground , until all the nation were passed clean over the Jordan .