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And it
came to pass, when all the people were clean
passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto
Joshua, saying,
02 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of
every tribe a man,
03 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.
04 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had
prepared of the children of Israel, out of every
tribe a man:
05 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before
the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of
Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone
upon his shoulder, according unto the number of
the tribes of the children of Israel:
06 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?
07 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.
08 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.
09 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 everything 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.
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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.
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