⁷ Now Adonai said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. ⁸ You are to command the kohanim who are carrying the ark of the covenant saying: ‘When you reach the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you are to stand still in the Jordan.’”

⁹ So Joshua said to Bnei-Yisrael, “Come here, and listen to the words of Adonai your God.”