In Context

2 It happened after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp;

3 and they commanded the people, saying, |When you see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall move from your place, and follow it.

4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Don't come near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way before.|

5 Joshua said to the people, |Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders among you.|

6 Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, |Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people.| They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

7 Yahweh said to Joshua, |Today I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

Joshua 3:5 in Other Translations