So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.
KJV
And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
ASV
And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests that bare the ark of the covenant being before the people;