Joshua 3:7-9

International Children’s Bible

⁷ Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to make you a great man to all the Israelites. So the people will know I am with you just as I was with Moses. ⁸ The priests will carry the Ark of the Covenant. Tell them this: ‘Go to the edge of the Jordan River and stand in the water.’”

⁹ Then Joshua said to the people of Israel, “Come here. Listen to the words of the Lord your God.