7 The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to ^mexalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, ⁿas I was with Moses, so I will be with you. 8 And as for you, command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, ‘When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.’”

9 And Joshua said to the people of Israel, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God.” 10 And Joshua said, “Here is how you shall know that the ^oliving God is ^pamong you and that ^qhe will without fail drive out from before you ^rthe Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites. 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the ^sLord of all the earth¹ is passing over ^tbefore you into the Jordan. 12 Now therefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, ^ufrom each tribe a man. 13 And when the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be ^vcut off from flowing, and the waters coming down from above shall stand in one ^wheap.”