¹² So now take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from each tribe. ¹³ When the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, [come to] rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan flowing down from above will be cut off, and they will stand in one mass [of water].”

¹⁴ So when the people set out from their tents to cross over the Jordan with the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant before the people,