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| 1When all the nation had finished passing over the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua, | 1When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua, |
| 2“Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man, | 2“Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, |
| 3and command them, saying, ‘Take twelve stones from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests’ feet stood firmly, and bring them over with you and lay them down in the place where you lodge tonight.’” | 3and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’ ” |
| 4Then Joshua called the twelve men from the people of Israel, whom he had appointed, a man from each tribe. | 4So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe, |
| 5And Joshua said to them, “Pass on before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up each of you a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel, | 5and said to them, “Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of Israel, |
| 6that this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in time to come, ‘What do those stones mean to you?’ | 6to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ |
| 7then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial forever.” | 7you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.” |
| 8And the people of Israel did just as Joshua commanded and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel, just as the LORD told Joshua. And they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged and laid them down there. | 8Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down. |
| 9And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant had stood; and they are there to this day. | 9Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day. |
| 10For the priests bearing the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to tell the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people passed over in haste. | 10Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until the people had completed everything the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell them, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried across, |
| 11And when all the people had finished passing over, the ark of the LORD and the priests passed over before the people. | 11and after everyone had finished crossing, the priests with the ark of the LORD crossed in the sight of the people. |
| 12The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh passed over armed before the people of Israel, as Moses had told them. | 12The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them. |
| 13About 40,000 ready for war passed over before the LORD for battle, to the plains of Jericho. | 13About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho. |
| 14On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they stood in awe of him just as they had stood in awe of Moses, all the days of his life. | 14On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him all the days of his life, just as they had revered Moses. |
| 15And the LORD said to Joshua, | 15Then the LORD said to Joshua, |
| 16“Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony to come up out of the Jordan.” | 16“Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.” |
| 17So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up out of the Jordan.” | 17So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up from the Jordan.” |
| 18And when the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up on dry ground, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and overflowed all its banks, as before. | 18When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before. |
| 19The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they encamped at Gilgal on the east border of Jericho. | 19On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho. |
| 20And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal. | 20And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan. |
| 21And he said to the people of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’ | 21Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’ |
| 22then you shall let your children know, ‘Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.’ | 22you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’ |
| 23For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up for us until we passed over, | 23For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over. |
| 24so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, that you may fear the LORD your God forever.” | 24He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.” |
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