Joshua 3:3-5

3:3 and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God 1  being carried by the Levitical priests, you must leave here 2  and walk 3  behind it. 3:4 But stay about three thousand feet behind it. 4  Keep your distance 5  so you can see 6  which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”

3:5 Joshua told the people, “Ritually consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will perform miraculous deeds among you.”

1 sn The ark of the covenant refers to the wooden chest that symbolized God’s presence among his covenant people.

2 tn Heb “set out from your place.”

3 tn Or “march.”

4 tn Heb “But there should be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits in measurement.”

5 tn Heb “do not approach it.”

6 tn Heb “know.”