Joshua:4

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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 sh @nayim # 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 sh @nayim # 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 sh @nayim # men , whom he had prepared of the children of Israel Yisra #el #, 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 Yisra #el #: * 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 sh @nayim # 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 Yisra #el #, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged , and laid them down there . * And Joshua set up twelve sh @nayim # 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 . * And the children of Reuben R @#uwben #, and the children of Gad , and half the tribe of Manasseh , passed over armed before the children of Israel Yisra #el #, as Moses spake unto them : * About forty #arba #iym # thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle , to the plains of Jericho . * On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel Yisra #el #; and they feared him , as they feared Moses , all the days of his life . * And the LORD spake unto Joshua , saying , * Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony , that they come up out of Jordan . * Joshua therefore commanded the priests , saying , Come ye up out of Jordan . * And it came to pass , when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan , and the soles of the priests feet were lifted up unto the dry land , that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place , and flowed over all his banks , as they did before . * And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month , and encamped in Gilgal , in the east border of Jericho . * And those twelve sh @nayim # stones , which they took out of Jordan , did Joshua pitch in Gilgal . * And he spake unto the children of Israel Yisra #el #, saying , When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come , saying , What mean these stones ? * Then ye shall let your children know , saying , Israel came over this Jordan on dry land . * For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you , until ye were passed over , as the LORD your God did to the Red sea , which he dried up from before us , until we were gone over : * That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD , that it is mighty : that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever .

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