Joshua:4:1-11

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* And it came to pass , when all the people were clean passed over Jordan , that the LORD spake unto Joshua , saying , * Take you twelve men out of the people , out of every tribe a man , * And command ye them , saying , Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan , out of the place where the priests ' feet stood firm , twelve stones , and ye shall carry them over with you , and leave them in the lodging place , where ye shall lodge this night . * Then Joshua called the twelve men , whom he had prepared of the children of Israel , out of every tribe a man : * And Joshua said unto them , Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan , and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder , according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel : * That this may be a sign among you , that when your children ask their fathers in time to come , saying , What mean ye by these stones ? * Then ye shall answer them , That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD ; when it passed over Jordan , the waters of Jordan were cut off : and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever . * And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded , and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan , as the LORD spake unto Joshua , according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel , and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged , and laid them down there . * And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan , in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood : and they are there unto this day . * For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan , until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people , according to all that Moses commanded Joshua : and the people hasted and passed over . * 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 .

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