² After three days^(A) the officers^(B) went throughout the camp,^{(C) 3} giving orders to the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant^(D) of the Lord your God, and the Levitical^(E) priests^(F) carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it. ⁴ Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before. But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits^[a](G) between you and the ark; do not go near it.”