Jos 3:3-6 | ESV | STEP | and commanded the people , As soon as you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the Levitical priests , then you shall set out from your place and follow it .

d ch. 7:13; Ex. 19:10, 14, 15; Lev. 20:7; Num. 11:18; 1 Sam. 16:5; Joel 2:16

Joshua 3:3-6

3 and commanded the people, “As soon as you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by ^athe Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place and follow it. 4 ^bYet there shall be a distance between you and it, about 2,000 cubits ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} in length. Do not come near it, in order that you may know the way you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.” 5 Then Joshua said to the people, ^d“Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.” 6 And Joshua said to the priests, ^e“Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on before the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people.