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
.
And the children of Reuben
, and the children
of Gad
, and half
the tribe
of Manasseh
, passed over
armed
before
the children
of Israel
, as Moses
spake
unto them:
About forty 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
; 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 stones
, which they took out
of Jordan
, did Joshua
pitch
in Gilgal
.
And he spake unto the children
of Israel
, 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
.