- Joshua said to the priests, "Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people." So they took it up and went ahead of them.
- And the LORD said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses.
- Tell the priests who carry the ark of the covenant: 'When you reach the edge of the Jordan's waters, go and stand in the river.' "
- Joshua said to the Israelites, "Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.
- This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites.
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- 約書亞又吩咐祭司說、你們抬起約櫃、在百姓前頭過去。於是他們抬起約櫃、在百姓前頭走。
- 耶和華對約書亞說、從今日起、我必使你在以色列眾人眼前尊大、使他們知道我怎樣與摩西同在、也必照樣與你同在。
- 你要吩咐抬約櫃的祭司說、你們到了約但河的水邊上、就要在約但河水裡站住。
- 約書亞對以色列人說、你們近前來、聽耶和華你們 神的話。
- 約書亞說、看哪、普天下主的約櫃必在你們前頭過去到約但河裡.因此你們就知道在你們中間有永生 神.並且他必在你們面前趕出迦南人、赫人、希未人、比利洗人、革迦撒人、亞摩利人、耶布斯人。
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