12. The Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh, armed, marched in the vanguard of the Israelites, as Moses had ordered.
13. About forty thousand troops, equipped for battle, crossed over before the Lord to the plains of Jericho for war.
14. That day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and so during his whole life they feared him as they had feared Moses.
15. Then the Lord said to Joshua:
16. Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant to come up from the Jordan.
17. Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up from the Jordan,”