4 But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.” 5 Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.” 6 And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.
Joshua 3:4–6
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Joshua 3:10–12
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Joshua 6:6–8
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Joshua 4:15–17
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Joshua 6:11–13
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Deuteronomy 31:24–26
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Joshua 1:9–11
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Joshua 4:2–4
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Joshua 4:21–23
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