²² And ^(A)there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from ^(B)between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.

⁶ Then Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, ^(A)“Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over before the people.”

So they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people.

⁷ And the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to ^(B)exalt^[a] you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, ^(C)as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. ⁸ You shall command ^(D)the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, ‘When you have come to the edge of the water of the Jordan, ^(E)you shall stand in the Jordan.’ ”

¹⁷ Then the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; ^(A)and all Israel crossed over on dry ground, until all the people had crossed completely over the Jordan.