⁴ But there will be a distance between you and it of about two thousand cubits in measurement.^[a] Do not come near it, so that you may know the way that you must go, for you have not passed on this way before.”^{[b] 5} And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, because tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders in your midst.” ⁶ And Joshua said to the priests, “Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over ahead of the people.”^[c] And they took up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.^[d]