Musar for Sotah 69:17
(שמואל ב ו, ז) ויחר אף ה' בעוזא ויכהו שם על השל וגו' רבי יוחנן ור"א חד אמר על עסקי שלו וחד אמר שעשה צרכיו בפניו
Consequently the ark and its bearers and the priests were on one side [of the Jordan] and the Israelites on the other!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The text is understood in the same sense that the priests who carried the ark dipped their feet in the Jordan and the waters remained parted so long as the feet were kept there. When the Israelites had crossed, the priests lifted their feet out of the water, stepping back upon the bank. They were consequently on the other side; so how did they get over? ');"><sup>31</sup></span> The ark carried its bearers and passed over [the river]; as it is said: And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 11. Note that the ark 'passed over', and was not carried over. ');"><sup>32</sup></span>