Joshua:4

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ylt @Joshua:4:1 @And it cometh to pass , when all the nation hath completed to pass over the Jordan , that Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua , saying , ylt @Joshua:4:2 @'Take for you out of the people twelve men , one man -- one man out of a tribe ; ylt @Joshua:4:3 @and command ye them , saying , Take up for you from this [place ], from the midst of the Jordan , from the established standing-place of the feet of the priests , twelve stones , and ye have removed them over with you , and placed them in the lodging-place in which ye lodge to-night .' ylt @Joshua:4:4 @And Joshua calleth unto the twelve men whom he prepared out of the sons of Israel , one man -- one man out of a tribe ; ylt @Joshua:4:5 @and Joshua saith to them , 'Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God unto the midst of the Jordan and lift up for you each , one stone on his shoulder , according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel , ylt @Joshua:4:6 @so that this is a sign in your midst , when your children ask hereafter , saying , What [are ] these stones to you ? ylt @Joshua:4:7 @that ye have said to them , Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off , at the presence of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah ; in its passing over into the Jordan were the waters of the Jordan cut off ; and these stones have been for a memorial to the sons of Israel -- to the age .' ylt @Joshua:4:8 @And the sons of Israel do so as Joshua commanded , and take up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan , as Jehovah hath spoken unto Joshua , according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel , and remove them over with them unto the lodging-place , and place them there , ylt @Joshua:4:9 @even the twelve stones hath Joshua raised up out of the midst of the Jordan , the place of the standing of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant , and they are there unto this day . ylt @Joshua:4:10 @And the priests bearing the ark are standing in the midst of the Jordan till the completion of the whole thing which Jehovah commanded Joshua to speak unto the people , according to all that Moses commanded Joshua , and the people haste and pass over . ylt @Joshua:4:11 @And it cometh to pass when all the people have completed to pass over , that the ark of Jehovah passeth over , and the priests , in the presence of the people ; ylt @Joshua:4:12 @and the sons of Reuben , and the sons of Gad , and the half of the tribe of Manasseh , pass over , by fifties , before the sons of Israel , as Moses had spoken unto them ; ylt @Joshua:4:13 @about forty thousand , armed ones of the host , passed over before Jehovah for battle , unto the plains of Jericho . ylt @Joshua:4:14 @On that day hath Jehovah made Joshua great in the eyes of all Israel , and they reverence him , as they reverenced Moses , all days of his life . ylt @Joshua:4:15 @And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua , saying , ylt @Joshua:4:16 @'Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony , and they come up out of the Jordan .' ylt @Joshua:4:17 @And Joshua commandeth the priests , saying , 'Come ye up out of the Jordan .' ylt @Joshua:4:18 @And it cometh to pass , in the coming up of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the midst of the Jordan -- the soles of the feet of the priests have been drawn up into the dry ground -- and the waters of the Jordan turn back to their place , and go as heretofore over all its banks . ylt @Joshua:4:19 @And the people have come up out of the Jordan on the tenth of the first month , and encamp in Gilgal , in the extremity east of Jericho ; ylt @Joshua:4:20 @and these twelve stones , which they have taken out of the Jordan , hath Joshua raised up in Gilgal . ylt @Joshua:4:21 @And he speaketh unto the sons of Israel , saying , 'When your sons ask their fathers hereafter , saying , What [are ] these stones ? ylt @Joshua:4:22 @then ye have caused your sons to know , saying , On dry land Israel passed over this Jordan ; ylt @Joshua:4:23 @because Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan at your presence , till your passing over , as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea which He dried up at our presence till our passing over ; ylt @Joshua:4:24 @so that all the people of the land do know the hand of Jehovah that it [is ] strong , so that ye have reverenced Jehovah your God all the days .'

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