12And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went over armed before the children of Israel as Moses had said to them:
13About forty thousand armed for war went over before the Lord to the fight, to the lowlands of Jericho.
14That day the Lord made Joshua great in the eyes of all Israel; and all the days of his life they went in fear of him, as they had gone in fear of Moses.
16Give orders to the priests who take up the ark of witness, to come up out of Jordan.
17So Joshua gave orders to the priests, saying, Come up now out of Jordan.
18And when the priests who took up the ark of the Lord's agreement came up out of Jordan and their feet came out on to dry land, the waters of Jordan went back to their place, overflowing its edges as before.
