9. Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “Come and listen to the words of the Lord your God.
10. Here is proof that the living God is really with you and that he will surely defeat your enemies. He will defeat the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites; he will force them to leave their land.
11. The Box of the Agreement of the Lord of the whole world will go before you as you cross the Jordan River.
12. Now choose twelve men, one from each of the twelve tribes of Israel.
13. The priests will carry the Holy Box of the Lord. He is the Lord of the whole world. They will carry that Box in front of you into the Jordan River. When they enter the water, the water of the Jordan River will stop flowing and fill behind that place like at a dam.”