8 And you—you should command+ the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, saying, ‘As soon as YOU have come as far as the edge of the waters of the Jordan, YOU should stand+ still in the Jordan.’”

17 Meanwhile the priests carrying the ark of Jehovah’s covenant kept standing immovable on dry ground+ in the middle of the Jordan as all Israel were passing over on dry ground,+ until the whole nation had completed passing over the Jordan.