So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders<n id="1" /> of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial<n id="2" /> for the Israelites before the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

Aaron the priest ascended Mount Hor at the command<n id="1" /> of the <sc>Lordsc>, and he died there in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt on the first day of the fifth month.

The community must deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the community must restore him to the town of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there<n id="1" /> until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the consecrated oil.

The person who pays no attention<n id="1" /> to the priest currently serving the <sc>Lordsc> your God there, or to the verdict &#8211; that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.

Then the Levitical priests<n id="1" /> will approach (for the <sc>Lordsc> your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name,<n id="2" /> and to decide<n id="3" /> every judicial verdict<n id="4" />)

You must go to the priest in office at that time and say to him, &#8220;I declare today to the <sc>Lordsc> your<n id="1" /> God that I have come into the land that the <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> promised<n id="3" /> to our ancestors<n id="4" /> to give us.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carry the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s covenant, and to all Israel&#8217;s elders.

and commanded the people: &#8220;When you see the ark of the covenant of the <sc>Lordsc> your God<n id="1" /> being carried by the Levitical priests, you must leave here<n id="2" /> and walk<n id="3" /> behind it.

Joshua told the priests, &#8220;Pick up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.&#8221; So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.p>

When the feet<n id="1" /> of the priests carrying the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>, the Ruler<n id="2" /> of the whole earth, touch<n id="3" /> the water of the Jordan, the water coming downstream toward you will stop flowing and pile up.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

When the ones carrying the ark reached the Jordan and the feet of the priests carrying the ark touched the surface<n id="1" /> of the water &#8211; (the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest time)<n id="2" /> &#8211;

The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the <sc>Lordsc> stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan. All Israel crossed over on dry ground until the entire nation was on the other side.<n id="1" />p>

Instruct them, &#8216;Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests<n id="1" /> stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.&#8217;&#8221;p>

Joshua also set up twelve stones<n id="1" /> in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.p>

<p class="bodytext">Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly,

<p class="bodytext">When Joshua gave the army its orders,<n id="1" /> the seven priests carrying the seven rams&#8217; horns before the <sc>Lordsc> moved ahead and blew the horns as the ark of the covenant of the <sc>Lordsc> followed behind.

The seven priests carrying the seven rams&#8217; horns before the ark of the <sc>Lordsc> marched along blowing their horns. Armed troops marched ahead of them, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark of the <sc>Lordsc> blowing rams&#8217; horns.

<t /><p class="bodytext">The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders.<n id="1" />

They went before Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> told Moses to assign us land among our relatives.&#8221;<n id="1" /> So Joshua<n id="2" /> assigned them land among their uncles, as the <sc>Lordsc> had commanded.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">These are the land assignments which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders<n id="1" /> made by drawing lots in Shiloh before the <sc>Lordsc> at the entrance of the tent of meeting.<n id="2" /> So they finished dividing up the land.p>