And it came to pass, when all the nation{H1471} were clean{H8552} passed over{H5674} the Jordan,{H3383} that Jehovah{H3068} spake{H559} unto Joshua,{H3091} saying,{H559}

Take{H3947} you twelve{H8147} men{H582} out of the people,{H5971} out of every{H259} tribe{H7626} a man,{H376}

and command{H6680} ye them, saying,{H559} Take{H5375} you hence out of the midst{H8432} of the Jordan,{H3383} out of the place where the priests'{H3548} feet{H7272} stood{H4673} firm,{H3559} twelve{H8147} stones,{H68} and carry them over{H5674} with you, and lay{H3240} them down in the lodging-place,{H4411} where ye shall lodge{H3885} this night.{H3915}

Then Joshua{H3091} called{H7121} the twelve{H8147} men,{H376} whom he had prepared{H3559} of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} out of every{H259} tribe{H7626} a man:{H376}

and Joshua{H3091} said{H559} unto them, Pass over{H5674} before{H6440} the ark{H727} of Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} into the midst{H8432} of the Jordan,{H3383} and take you up{H7311} every{H259} man{H376} of you a stone{H68} upon his shoulder,{H7926} according unto the number{H4557} of the tribes{H7626} of the children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478}

that this may be a sign{H226} among{H7130} you, that, when your children{H1121} ask{H7592} in time to come,{H4279} saying,{H559} What mean ye by these stones?{H68}

then ye shall say{H559} unto them, Because the waters{H4325} of the Jordan{H3383} were cut off{H3772} before{H6440} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah;{H3068} when it passed over{H5674} the Jordan,{H3383} the waters{H4325} of the Jordan{H3383} were cut off:{H3772} and these stones{H68} shall be for a memorial{H2146} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} for{H5704} ever.{H5769}

And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did{H6213} so as Joshua{H3091} commanded,{H6680} and took up{H5375} twelve{H8147} stones{H68} out of the midst{H8432} of the Jordan,{H3383} as Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Joshua,{H3091} according to the number{H4557} of the tribes{H7626} of the children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} and they carried them over{H5674} with them unto the place where they lodged,{H4411} and laid them down{H3240} there.

And Joshua{H3091} set up{H6965} twelve{H8147} stones{H68} in the midst{H8432} of the Jordan,{H3383} in the place where the feet{H7272} of the priests{H3548} that bare{H5375} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} stood:{H4673} and they are there unto this day.{H3117}

For the priests{H3548} that bare{H5375} the ark{H727} stood{H5975} in the midst{H8432} of the Jordan,{H3383} until everything{H1697} was finished{H8552} that Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} Joshua{H3091} to speak{H1696} unto the people,{H5971} according to all that Moses{H4872} commanded{H6680} Joshua:{H3091} and the people{H5971} hasted{H4116} and passed over.{H5674}

And it came to pass, when all the people{H5971} were clean{H8552} passed over,{H5674} that the ark{H727} of Jehovah{H3068} passed over,{H5674} and the priests,{H3548} in the presence{H6440} of the people.{H5971}

And the children{H1121} of Reuben,{H7205} and the children{H1121} of Gad,{H1410} and the half -{H2677} tribe{H7626} of Manasseh,{H4519} passed over{H5674} armed{H2571} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} as Moses{H4872} spake{H1696} unto them:

about forty{H705} thousand{H505} ready{H2502} armed for war{H6635} passed over{H5674} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} unto battle,{H4421} to the plains{H6160} of Jericho.{H3405}

On that day{H3117} Jehovah{H3068} magnified{H1431} Joshua{H3091} in the sight{H5869} of all Israel;{H3478} and they feared{H3372} him, as they feared{H3372} Moses,{H4872} all the days{H3117} of his life.{H2416}

And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H559} unto Joshua,{H3091} saying,{H559}

Command{H6680} the priests{H3548} that bear{H5375} the ark{H727} of the testimony,{H5715} that they come up{H5927} out of the Jordan.{H3383}

Joshua{H3091} therefore commanded{H6680} the priests,{H3548} saying,{H559} Come ye up{H5927} out of the Jordan.{H3383}

And it came to pass, when the priests{H3548} that bare{H5375} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah{H3068} were come up{H5927} out of the midst{H8432} of the Jordan,{H3383} and the soles{H3709} of the priests'{H3548} feet{H7272} were lifted up{H5423} unto the dry ground,{H2724} that the waters{H4325} of the Jordan{H3383} returned{H7725} unto their place,{H4725} and went over{H3212} all its banks,{H1415} as{H8543} aforetime.{H8032}

And the people{H5971} came up{H5927} out of the Jordan{H3383} on the tenth{H6218} day of the first{H7223} month,{H2320} and encamped{H2583} in Gilgal,{H1537} on the east{H4217} border{H7097} of Jericho.{H3405}

And those twelve{H8147} stones,{H68} which they took out{H3947} of the Jordan,{H3383} did Joshua{H3091} set{H6965} up in Gilgal.{H1537}

And he spake{H559} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} saying,{H559} When your children{H1121} shall ask{H7592} their fathers{H1} in time to come,{H4279} saying,{H559} What mean these stones?{H68}

Then ye shall let your children{H1121} know,{H3045} saying,{H559} Israel{H3478} came over{H5674} this Jordan{H3383} on dry land.{H3004}

For Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} dried up{H3001} the waters{H4325} of the Jordan{H3383} from before{H6440} you, until ye were passed over,{H5674} as Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} did{H6213} to the Red{H5488} Sea,{H3220} which he dried up{H3001} from before{H6440} us, until we were passed over;{H5674}

that all the peoples{H5971} of the earth{H776} may know{H3045} the hand{H3027} of Jehovah,{H3068} that it is mighty;{H2389} that ye may fear{H3372} Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} for ever.{H3117}