Chapter Joshua 3 Question/Answer 1 Question 1 1. What did the officers command the people? Answer 1 v 3 ... “When you see the ark of the LORD your God’s covenant, and the Levitical priests bearing it, then leave your place and follow it. Question/Answer 2 Question 2 2. Why was it a bad time of year to cross the Jordan? Answer 2 v 15 ... (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest), Question/Answer 3 Question 3 3. Where did the priests carrying the ark stand until all the people had crossed over? Answer 3 v 17 The priests who bore the ark of the LORD’s covenant stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan ...