“About forty thousand men, ready and armed for war, passed over before Yahweh to battle, to the plains of Jericho.”
Joshua 4:13 (WEB)
Context Reading
11When all the people had completely crossed over, Yahweh’s ark crossed over with the priests in the presence of the people. 12The children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them. 13About forty thousand men, ready and armed for war, passed over before Yahweh to battle, to the plains of Jericho. 14On that day, Yahweh magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. 15Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,