Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.
Only at this point was the miraculous crossing achieved and concluded. The mention here of the sudden return of the waters to full flood stage as soon as the crossing had been completed was, as Cook thought, "Mentioned here to stress the absolutely miraculous nature of this entire episode."[3] "Obviously, the writer wants to inculcate the lesson that truly a miracle had occurred."[4]