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The Book of Joshua 4

4 And it happened just as all the nation finished crossing over the Jordan that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, 2 “Take 12 men for yourselves from the people, one man, one man from a tribe. 3 And command them saying: ‘Lift up for yourselves 12 stones from here, from the midst of the Jordan, from the firm standing place of the feet of the priests. And you shall bring them over with you and you shall rest them in the lodging place in which you will lodge tonight.’ ”

4 And Joshua called out to the 12 men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man, one man from a tribe. 5 And Joshua said to them, “Cross over before the face of the Box of Yahweh your God into the midst of the Jordan. And lift up for yourselves, one stone a man upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, 6 so that this will be a sign in your midst. When your sons ask tomorrow, saying, ‘What are these stones to you?’ 7 Then you will say to them, ‘When the waters of the Jordan were cut off from the face of the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh, when it crossed over in the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.’ And these stones will be for a memorial for the sons of Israel until eternity.”

8 And the sons of Israel did thus, just as Joshua commanded. And they lifted up 12 stones from the midst of the Jordan, just as Yahweh said to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel. And they brought them over with them to the lodging place and they rested them there. 9 And Joshua set up 12 stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place of the standing place of the feet of the priests who carried the Box of the Covenant. And they are there until this day. 10 And the priests who carried the Box stood in the midst of the Jordan until every thing that Yahweh commanded Joshua to speak to the people was finished, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. And the people hurried and crossed over. 11 And it happened just as all the people had finished crossing over, that the Box of Yahweh with the priests crossed over before the face of the people. 12 And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, armed men, crossed over before the face of the sons of Israel, just as Moses had spoken to them. 13 About 40,000 men equipped for war of the army crossed over before the face of Yahweh to the plains of Jericho for the battle.

14 On that day Yahweh made Joshua great in the eyes of all Israel. And they feared him just as they had feared Moses all the days of his life.

15 And Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, 16 “Command the priests who carry the Box of the Testimony and they shall come up from the Jordan.” 17 And Joshua commanded the priests, saying, “Come up from the Jordan.” 18 And it happened that when the priests carrying the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh came up from the midst of the Jordan, the soles of the feet of the priests were drawn out to dry ground, then the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and went over all its banks, as yesterday and three days ago.

19 Now the people came up from the Jordan on ten of the first month. And they camped at the Gilgal, at the end of the sunrise of Jericho. 20 And Joshua set up in the Gilgal these 12 stones that they had taken from the Jordan. 21 And he spoke to the sons of Israel, saying, “When your sons ask their fathers tomorrow, saying, ‘What are these stones?’ 22 then you shall cause your sons to know, saying, ‘Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry ground.’ 23 For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from your face until you crossed over, just as Yahweh your God did to the Sea of Reeds, which he dried up before us until we crossed over, 24 so that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Yahweh, that it is mighty, so that you will fear Yahweh your God all the days.”

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