⁶ To the priests Joshua said, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass on in front of the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went in front of the people.

²⁰ where Jesus, a forerunner on our behalf, has entered, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.^(A)

² In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?^{[a] 3} And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also.^(A)

³ and commanded the people, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place. Follow it,^(A)

¹⁵ Now if you kill this people as one, then the nations who have heard about you will say,

³³ So they set out from the mount of the Lord three days’ journey with the ark of the covenant of the Lord going before them three days’ journey, to seek out a resting place for them,^(A)