Joshua:4

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* And it came to pass , when all the nation had made an end of passing over the Jordan , that Yahweh slake unto Joshua , saying : * Take unto you , from among the people , twelve men , one man severally from each tribe ; * and command ye them , saying , Take you up from hence , out of the midst of the Jordan , from the place where stood the feet of the priests with firm footing , twelve stones ; and carry them over with you , and lay them down in the lodging-place where ye shall lodge , tonight . * So Joshua called unto the twelve men whom he had made ready , from among the sons of Israel , one man severally out of each tribe ; * and Joshua said unto them : Pass ye over , before the ark of Yahweh your God , into the midst of the Jordan , and lift ye up , each man one stone upon his shoulder , according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel : * that this may be a sign in your midst , for your sons will ask in time to come , saying , What mean these stones to you ? * Then shall ye say unto them That the waters of the Jordan , were cut off , from before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh , when it passed into the Jordan , the waters of the Jordan , were cut off . So shall these stones become a memorial unto the sons of Israel , unto times age-abiding . * And the sons of Israel did so , as Joshua commanded , and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan , as spake Yahweh unto Joshua , according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel , and carried them with them unto the place where they lodged , and laid them down there . * Twelve stones also , did Joshua set up in the midst of the Jordan , in the place where stood the feet of the priests who were bearing the ark of the covenant , and they have remained there until this day . * Now , the priests who were bearing the ark , continued standing in the midst of the Jordan , until everything was finished which Yahweh commanded Joshua , to speak unto the people , according to all that Moses commanded Joshua , the people therefore hasted , and passed over . * And so it was , as soon as all the people had made an end of passing over , then passed over the ark of Yahweh , and the priests , in presence of the people . * Also the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the hall tribe of Manasseh , passed over , armed , before the sons of Israel , as Moses had spoken unto them : * about forty thousand , equipped for the war , passed over before Yahweh , to battle , into the waste plains of Jericho . * On that day , did Yahweh magnify Joshua in the eyes of all Israel , and they revered him , as they revered Moses , all the days of his life . * Then spake Yahweh unto Joshua , saying : * Command the priests who are bearing the ark of testimony , that they come up out of the Jordan . * So Joshua commanded the priests , saying , Come ye up out of the Jordan . * And it came to pass , when the priests who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came up out of the midst of the Jordan , and the soles of the feet of the priests were withdrawn unto the dry ground , then returned the waters of the Jordan unto their place , and went , as before , over all his banks . * So , the people , came up out of the Jordan , on the tenth of the first month , and encamped in Gilgal , at the eastern end of Jericho . * And , these twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan , did Joshua set up , in Gilgal . * Then spake he unto the sons of Israel , saying , When your sons shall ask , in time to come , of their fathers , saying , What mean these stones ? * then shall ye let your sons know , saying , On dry ground , came Israel over this Jordan ; * in that Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan , from before you , until ye had passed over , as Yahweh your God had done unto the Red Sea , which he dried up from before us , until we had passed over : * that all the peoples of the earth might know the hand of Yahweh , that , firm , it is ; that they might revere Yahweh your God , all the days .

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