Joshua 4
1. And it came to pass, when all the people were clean * passed over * Jordan, that the LORD spake * unto Joshua, saying * ,
2. Take * you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
3. 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.
4. Then Joshua called * the twelve men, whom he had prepared * of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
5. 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:
6. 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?
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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 * .
11. 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.
12. 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:
13. About forty thousand prepared * for war passed over * before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
14. 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.
15. And the LORD spake * unto Joshua, saying * ,
16. Command * the priests that bear * the ark of the testimony, that they come up * out of Jordan.
17. Joshua therefore commanded * the priests, saying * , Come ye up * out of Jordan.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. And those twelve stones, which they took out * of Jordan, did Joshua pitch * in Gilgal.
21. 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?
22. Then ye shall let your children know * , saying * , Israel came over * this Jordan on dry land.
23. 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 * :
24. 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.
