^14-18 “Joshua,” the Lord said, “tell the priests to come up from the Jordan and bring the chest with them.” So Joshua went over to the priests and told them what the Lord had said. And as soon as the priests carried the chest past the highest place that the floodwaters of the Jordan had reached, the river flooded its banks again.

That's how the Lord showed the Israelites that Joshua was their leader.^[a] For the rest of Joshua's life, they respected him as they had respected Moses.