3 and commanded the people, “As soon as you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by ^vthe Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place and follow it.

4 ^wYet there shall be a distance between you and it, about 2,000 cubits¹ in length. Do not come near it, in order that you may know the way you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.”