Joshua 3:7-9

Good News Translation

⁷ The Lord said to Joshua, “What I do today will make all the people of Israel begin to honor you as a great man, and they will realize that I am with you as I was with Moses. ⁸ Tell the priests carrying the Covenant Box that when they reach the river, they must wade in and stand near the bank.”

⁹ Then Joshua said to the people, “Come here and listen to what the Lord your God has to say.