Holy Scripture
Joshua 4:13
A church father on this verse
“Let us learn from Paul, who explains who those "girded" ones are. Hear what he himself says: "Therefore, let your loins be girded with truth." You see, therefore, that Paul knew the girded ones, those who were encircled by the belt of truth. So truth also ought to be our belt, if we have preserved the sacrament of thi…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
13Forty thousand armed for battle went over before the Lord to war, to the city of Jericho.
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11And it came to pass when all the people had passed over, that the ark of the covenant of the Lord passed over, and the stones before them.
12And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses commanded them.
— Joshua 4:13 —
14In that day the Lord magnified Joshua before all the people of Israel; and they feared him, as they did Moses, as long as he lived.
15And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,