13. About forty thousand prepared for war crossed over before the Lord for battle, to the plains of Jericho.
14. On that day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they had feared Moses, all the days of his life.
15. Then the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,
16. “Command the priests who bear the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.”
17. Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, “Come up from the Jordan.”
18. And it came to pass, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord had come from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet touched the dry land, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and overflowed all its banks as before.