- When the whole nation had finished crossing - the Jordan , the LORD said to Joshua - ... ,
“ Choose twelve ... ... men from among the people , one ... ... from each tribe ,
and command them : - - ‘ Take up twelve ... stones from the middle of the Jordan ... ... where the priests were standing , carry them with you , and set them down - in the place where you spend the night. ’”
So Joshua - ... summoned the twelve ... men - he had appointed from the Israelites ... , one ... ... ... from (each) tribe ,
and said ... “ Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone upon his shoulder , according to the number of the tribes vvv of Israel ,
to - serve as a sign among you. In the future , ... when your children ask , ‘ What do these stones
you are to tell - , ‘ The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan , (the) waters were cut off. ’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites ... vvv forever. ”
Thus the Israelites ... did ... as Joshua - had commanded them. They took up twelve ... stones from the middle of the Jordan , one for each tribe vvv of Israel , just as the LORD had told Joshua - ; and they carried them to the camp , where they set them down ....
Joshua - also set up twelve ... stones in the middle of the Jordan , in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood .... And (the stones) are there to this day.
Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until the people had completed everything ... - the LORD - had commanded Joshua - to tell them , just as - Moses - had directed Joshua -. The people hurried across ,
- and after everyone ... had finished crossing , the priests with the ark of the LORD crossed in the sight of the people.
The Reubenites ... , the Gadites ... , and the half-tribe ... of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites ... , armed for battle as Moses had instructed them ....
About 40,000 ... troops armed ... for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.
On that day the LORD - exalted Joshua - in the sight of all Israel , and they revered him all the days of his life , just as they had revered - Moses.
Then the LORD ... said to Joshua - , ...
“ Command - the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan. ”
So Joshua - - commanded the priests , ... “ Come up from the Jordan. ”
- When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet ... touched the dry land , the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before ....
On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
And there at Gilgal Joshua - set up the - twelve ... stones they had taken from the Jordan.
Then (Joshua -) said to the Israelites ... , ... “ In the future , - when your children ask their fathers , ... ‘ What is the meaning of these stones ? ’
you are to tell - (them) , ... ‘ Israel - crossed the Jordan on dry ground. ’
For the LORD your God - dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over , just as (He) ... did to the Red Sea , which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.
[[Lexicon/H4601-4700#H4616|{He did this] so that]] all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty , ... and so that you may always ... fear - the LORD your God. ”