⁷ Pharaoh sent messengers who saw that not a single one of the Israelite livestock was dead. But Pharaoh’s heart was hard,^(A) and he did not let the people go.

¹⁷ The priests carrying the ark of the Lord’s covenant stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan,^(A) while all Israel crossed on dry ground until the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan.