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KJB-1611 1 Twelue men are appointed to take twelue stones for a memoriall out of Iordan. 9 Twelue other stones are set vp in the middest of Iordan. 10. 19 The people passe ouer. 14 God magnifieth Ioshua. 20 The twelue stones are pitched in Gilgal.
(1 Twelue men are appointed to take twelve stones for a memoriall out of Yordan. 9 Twelue other stones are set up in the midst of Yordan. 10. 19 The people pass over. 14 God magnifieth Yoshua. 20 The twelve stones are pitched in Gilgal.)
This chapter finishes the story of how the Israelites crossed the Jordan River, even though it was at flood stage and overflowing its banks, because Yahweh stopped its waters from flowing.
The conquest of the land of Canaan was accomplished by Yahweh’s power, which he would show to be greater than that of all the kings in the land of Canaan. Joshua recognized that the Israelites would only be victorious through Yahweh’s power. This is why his first act after crossing the Jordan River was to have them build a monument of stones from the river as a witness to Yahweh’s power.
Hebrew poetry sometimes uses a literary device called a “chiasm.” A chiasm is when words or phrases are ordered in a AB-BA sequence. This helped make a saying more memorable. Joshua uses a chiasm in 4:7 when he tells the Israelites what to say to their children when the ask about the monument of stones:A Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off B from the face of the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh.B In its crossing over in the Jordan, A the waters of the Jordan were cut off.You may be able to present this in your translation in a way that shows this literary device.