Deu 6:1, 9:1, 11:31, Jos 1:11, 4:1, 5-24 | ESV | STEP | Now this is the commandment —the statutes and the rules — that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over , to possess it,

Deuteronomy 6:1

The Greatest Commandment

1 “Now this is ^athe commandment—the statutes and the rules ^{▼▼Or just decrees; also verse 20}—that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it,

Deuteronomy 9:1

Not Because of Righteousness

1 “Hear, O Israel: you are ^cto cross over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations ^dgreater and mightier than you, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

Deuteronomy 11:31

31 For you are ^eto cross over the Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving you. And when you possess it and live in it,

Joshua 1:11

11 “Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for ^fwithin three days ^gyou are to pass over this Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess.’”

Joshua 4:1

Twelve Memorial Stones from the Jordan

1 When all the nation had finished passing ^hover the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

Joshua 4:5-24

5 And 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, 6 that this may be a sign among you. ⁱWhen your children ask in time to come, ‘What do those stones mean to you?’ 7 then you shall tell them that ^jthe 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 ^ka memorial forever.”

8 And 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 ^{▼▼Or to rest} there. 9 And Joshua set up ^{▼▼Or Joshua had set up} twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, ⁿin the place where the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant had stood; and they are there to this day. 10 For 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. 11 And when all the people had finished passing over, the ark of the Lord and the priests passed over before the people. 12 The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh ^opassed over armed before the people of Israel, as Moses had told them. 13 About 40,000 ready for war passed over before the Lord for battle, to the plains of Jericho. 14 On that day the Lord ^pexalted 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.

15 And the Lord said to Joshua, 16 “Command the priests bearing ^qthe ark of the testimony to come up out of the Jordan.” 17 So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up out of the Jordan.” 18 And 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, ^ras before.

19 The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they encamped at ^sGilgal on the east border of Jericho. 20 And ^tthose twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal. 21 And he said to the people of Israel, ^u“When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’ 22 then you shall let your children know, ^v‘Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.’ 23 For 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, ^wwhich he dried up for us until we passed over, 24 ^xso that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is ^ymighty, that you may ^zfear the Lord your God forever.” ^{▼▼Or all the days}