~ The Israelites Cross the Jordan ~

So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them.
They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan,
according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites,
as the Lord had told Joshua;
and they carried them over with them to their camp,
where they put them down.
Joshua set up the twelve stones
that had been in the middle of the Jordan
at the spot where the priests
who carried the ark of the covenant had stood.
And they are there to this day.

Now the priests who carried the ark
remained standing in the middle of the Jordan
until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua
was done by the people,
just as Moses had directed Joshua.
The people hurried over,
and as soon as all of them had crossed,
the ark of the Lord and the priests came to the other side
while the people watched.
The men of Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh
crossed over, armed, in front of the Israelites,
as Moses had directed them.
About forty thousand armed for battle
crossed over before the Lord
to the plains of Jericho for war.

That day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel;
and they revered him all the days of his life,
just as they had revered Moses.

Then the Lord said to Joshua,
"Command the priests carrying the ark of the Testimony
to come up out of the Jordan."

So Joshua commanded the priests,
"Come up out of the Jordan."

And the priests came up out of the river
carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
No sooner had they set their feet on the dry ground
than the waters of the Jordan returned to their place
and ran at flood stage as before.

(Joshua 4:8-18)