And it came to pass, when all the people{H1471} were clean{H8552}{(H8804)} passed over{H5674}{(H8800)} Jordan{H3383}, that the LORD{H3068} spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto Joshua{H3091}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

Take{H3947}{(H8798)} you twelve{H8147}{H6240} men{H582} out of the people{H5971}, out of every{H259} tribe{H7626} a man{H376},

And command{H6680}{(H8761)} ye them, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Take{H5375}{(H8798)} you hence out of the midst{H8432} of Jordan{H3383}, out of the place where the priests{H3548}' feet{H7272} stood{H4673} firm{H3559}{(H8687)}, twelve{H8147}{H6240} stones{H68}, and ye shall carry them over{H5674}{(H8689)} with you, and leave{H3240}{(H8689)} them in the lodging place{H4411}, where ye shall lodge{H3885}{(H8799)} this night{H3915}.

Then Joshua{H3091} called{H7121}{(H8799)} the twelve{H8147}{H6240} men{H376}, whom he had prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, out of every{H259} tribe{H7626} a man{H376}:

And Joshua{H3091} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Pass over{H5674}{(H8798)} before{H6440} the ark{H727} of the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} into the midst{H8432} of Jordan{H3383}, and take ye up{H7311}{(H8685)} 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}{(H8799)} their fathers in time to come{H4279}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, What mean ye by these stones{H68}?

Then ye shall answer{H559}{(H8804)} them, That the waters{H4325} of Jordan{H3383} were cut off{H3772}{(H8738)} before{H6440} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of the LORD{H3068}; when it passed over{H5674}{(H8800)} Jordan{H3383}, the waters{H4325} of Jordan{H3383} were cut off{H3772}{(H8738)}: 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}{(H8799)} so as Joshua{H3091} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)}, and took up{H5375}{(H8799)} twelve{H8147}{H6240} stones{H68} out of the midst{H8432} of Jordan{H3383}, as the LORD{H3068} spake{H1696}{(H8765)} unto Joshua{H3091}, according to the number{H4557} of the tribes{H7626} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, and carried them over{H5674}{(H8686)} with them unto the place where they lodged{H4411}, and laid them down{H3240}{(H8686)} there.

And Joshua{H3091} set up{H6965}{(H8689)} twelve{H8147}{H6240} stones{H68} in the midst{H8432} of Jordan{H3383}, in the place where the feet{H7272} of the priests{H3548} which bare{H5375}{(H8802)} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} stood{H4673}: and they are there unto this day{H3117}.

For the priests{H3548} which bare{H5375}{(H8802)} the ark{H727} stood{H5975}{(H8802)} in the midst{H8432} of Jordan{H3383}, until every thing{H1697} was finished{H8552}{(H8800)} that the LORD{H3068} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} Joshua{H3091} to speak{H1696}{(H8763)} unto the people{H5971}, according to all that Moses{H4872} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} Joshua{H3091}: and the people{H5971} hasted{H4116}{(H8762)} and passed over{H5674}{(H8799)}.

And it came to pass, when all the people{H5971} were clean{H8552}{(H8804)} passed over{H5674}{(H8800)}, that the ark{H727} of the LORD{H3068} passed over{H5674}{(H8799)}, 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 half{H2677} the tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519}, passed over{H5674}{(H8799)} armed{H2571} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, as Moses{H4872} spake{H1696}{(H8765)} unto them:

About forty{H705} thousand{H505} prepared{H2502}{(H8803)} for war{H6635} passed over{H5674}{(H8804)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} unto battle{H4421}, to the plains{H6160} of Jericho{H3405}.

On that day{H3117} the LORD{H3068} magnified{H1431}{(H8765)} Joshua{H3091} in the sight{H5869} of all Israel{H3478}; and they feared{H3372}{(H8799)} him, as they feared{H3372}{(H8804)} Moses{H4872}, all the days{H3117} of his life{H2416}.

And the LORD{H3068} spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto Joshua{H3091}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

Command{H6680}{(H8761)} the priests{H3548} that bear{H5375}{(H8802)} the ark{H727} of the testimony{H5715}, that they come up{H5927}{(H8799)} out of Jordan{H3383}.

Joshua{H3091} therefore commanded{H6680}{(H8762)} the priests{H3548}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Come ye up{H5927}{(H8798)} out of Jordan{H3383}.

And it came to pass, when the priests{H3548} that bare{H5375}{(H8802)} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of the LORD{H3068} were come up{H5927}{(H8800)} out of the midst{H8432} of Jordan{H3383}, and the soles{H3709} of the priests{H3548}' feet{H7272} were lifted up{H5423}{(H8738)} unto the dry land{H2724}, that the waters{H4325} of Jordan{H3383} returned{H7725}{(H8799)} unto their place{H4725}, and flowed{H3212}{(H8799)} over all his banks{H1415}, as{H8543} they did before{H8032}.

And the people{H5971} came up{H5927}{(H8804)} out of Jordan{H3383} on the tenth{H6218} day of the first{H7223} month{H2320}, and encamped{H2583}{(H8799)} in Gilgal{H1537}, in the east{H4217} border{H7097} of Jericho{H3405}.

And those twelve{H8147}{H6240} stones{H68}, which they took out{H3947}{(H8804)} of Jordan{H3383}, did Joshua{H3091} pitch{H6965}{(H8689)} in Gilgal{H1537}.

And he spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, When your children{H1121} shall ask{H7592}{(H8799)} their fathers{H1} in time to come{H4279}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, What mean these stones{H68}?

Then ye shall let your children{H1121} know{H3045}{(H8689)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Israel{H3478} came over{H5674}{(H8804)} this Jordan{H3383} on dry land{H3004}.

For the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} dried up{H3001}{(H8689)} the waters{H4325} of Jordan{H3383} from before{H6440} you, until ye were passed over{H5674}{(H8800)}, as the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} did{H6213}{(H8804)} to the Red{H5488} sea{H3220}, which he dried up{H3001}{(H8689)} from before{H6440} us, until we were gone over{H5674}{(H8800)}:

That all the people{H5971} of the earth{H776} might know{H3045}{(H8800)} the hand{H3027} of the LORD{H3068}, that it is mighty{H2389}: that ye might fear{H3372}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} for ever{H3117}.