Joshua:4

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* And it came to pass when the whole nation had completely gone over the Jordan , that Jehovah spoke to Joshua , saying , * Take you twelve men out of the people , one man out of every tribe , * and command them , saying , Take up hence out of the midst of the Jordan , from the place where the priests ' feet stood firm , twelve stones , and carry them over with you , and lay them down in the lodging-place where ye shall lodge this night . * And Joshua called the twelve men , whom he had appointed of the children of Israel , a man out of every tribe ; * and Joshua said to them , Pass before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of the Jordan , and lift up each of you a stone [and put it ] upon his shoulder , according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel , * that this may be a sign in your midst . When your children ask hereafter , saying , What mean ye by these stones ? * then ye shall say to them , That the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah ; when it went through the Jordan , the waters of the 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 had commanded , and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan , as Jehovah had spoken to Joshua , according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel ; and they carried them over with them to the lodging-place , and laid them down there . * And twelve stones did Joshua set up in the midst of the Jordan , in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant had stood firm ; and they are there to this day . * And the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan , until everything was finished that Jehovah had commanded Joshua to speak unto the people , according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua . And the people hasted and passed over . * And it came to pass , when all the people had completely gone over , that the ark of Jehovah went over , and the priests , in the presence of the people . * And the children of Reuben , and the children of Gad , and the half tribe of Manasseh , went over in array before the children of Israel , as Moses had spoken to them . * About forty thousand armed for military service passed over before Jehovah to the war , unto the plains of Jericho . * On that day Jehovah magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel ; and they feared him , as they had feared Moses , all the days of his life . * And Jehovah spoke to Joshua , saying , * Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony , that they come up out of the Jordan . * And Joshua commanded the priests , saying , Come up out of the Jordan . * And it came to pass when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah had come up out of the midst of the Jordan , [when ] the soles of the priests ' feet were lifted up on to the dry land , that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place , and they flowed as previously , over all its banks . * And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth of the first month , and encamped in Gilgal , on the eastern extremity of Jericho . * And those twelve stones which they had taken out of the Jordan did Joshua set up in Gilgal . * And he spoke to the children of Israel , saying , When your children hereafter ask their fathers , saying , What [mean ] these stones ? * then ye shall let your children know , saying , On dry land did Israel come over this Jordan ; * because Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you , until ye had passed over , as Jehovah your God did to the Red sea , which he dried up from before us , until we had passed over ; * that all peoples of the earth might know the hand of Jehovah , that it is mighty ; that ye might fear Jehovah your God continually .

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