The preliminary orders stipulated that the priests were to carry the ark. This was usually the duty of the Levites of the family of Kohath, but at …

And they commanded the people
In the name of Joshua, by whom they were sent:

saying, when you see…

The Israelites came to Jordan in faith, having been told that they should pass it. In the way of duty, let us proceed as far as we can and depend o…