13. About forty thousand armed for battle crossed over before the Lord to the plains of Jericho for war.
14. That day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they stood in awe of him all the days of his life, just as they had stood in awe of Moses.
15. Then the Lord said to Joshua,
16. ‘Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant law to come up out of the Jordan.’
17. So Joshua commanded the priests, ‘Come up out of the Jordan.’
18. And the priests came up out of the river carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord. No sooner had they set their feet on the dry ground than the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and ran in flood as before.