18 Hence God made the people go round about by the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea.+ But it was in battle formation* that the sons of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt.+

21 and every equipped one of YOURS will actually pass over the Jordan before Jehovah, until he drives away his enemies from before him,+

18 “So I commanded YOU men at that particular time, saying, ‘Jehovah YOUR God has given YOU this land to take possession of it. YOU will pass over, equipped, before YOUR brothers, the sons of Israel, all the valiant men.*+