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Joshua 4

CHAPTER 4 Twelve Memorial Stones

1 And when [⁴completed ¹all ²the ³people] passing over the Jordan, that the lord spoke to Joshua, saying, 2 Taking twelve men from the people, [²man ¹one] from each tribe, 3 give orders to them! saying, Take up to yourselves from here from the midst of the Jordan, from the station of the feet of the priests, [²prepared ¹twelve] stones! And these, in carrying [²across ³together ⁴with you ¹them], put them in your military encampment! where ever you should camp there the night. 4 And Joshua calling by name twelve men of the honorable ones from the sons of Israel, [²man ¹one] from each tribe, 5 [²said ³to them ¹Joshua], Lead forward before the presence of the lord your God into the midst of the Jordan! And by taking up, lift away from there each [²stone ¹one] upon his shoulders, according to the number of the tribes of Israel! 6 That [²should exist ³to you ¹these] for a sign, being situated always; that whenever [²should ask ³you ¹your son] tomorrow, saying, What are these stones to you? 7 And you shall make manifest to your son, saying that, [⁴ceased ¹The ²Jordan ³river] from in front of the ark of the covenant of the lord of all the earth as it passed over the Jordan -- even [⁵ceased ¹the ²water ³of the ⁴Jordan]. And [²shall be ¹these stones] to you a memorial to the sons of Israel unto the eon. 8 And [⁴did ⁵thus ¹the ²sons ³of Israel], in so far as the lord gave charge to Joshua. And taking twelve stones from the midst of the Jordan, just as the lord gave orders to Joshua, in the completion of the fording of the sons of Israel, that they carried them across together themselves into the camp, and they put them aside there. 9 [³set ¹And ²Joshua] also another twelve stones in [³itself ¹the ²Jordan], in the [²being ¹place] under the feet of the priests lifting the ark of the covenant of the lord. And they are there until today's day. 10 [⁴stood ¹And ²the ³priests], the ones lifting the ark of the covenant, in the midst the Jordan, until of which he completed all the words which the lord gave charge to Joshua to announce to the people, according to all as much as Moses gave charge to Joshua. And [³hastened ¹the ²people], and passed over. 11 And it came to pass as [⁴completed ¹all ²the ³people] to pass over, that [⁶passed over ¹the ²ark ³of the ⁴covenant ⁵of the lord], and the priests in front of them. 12 And there passed over the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, being equipped in front of the sons of Israel, just as Moses gave charge to them. 13 Forty thousand well-equipped for battle passed over before the lord for war against Jericho the city. 14 In that day the lord increased Joshua before all of Israel, and they feared him as they feared Moses, as much time as he lived. 15 And the lord spoke to Joshua, saying, 16 Give charge to the priests lifting the ark of the covenant of the testimony! to go up out of the Jordan. 17 And Joshua gave charge to the priests, saying, Go up out of the Jordan! 18 And it came to pass as [³went up ¹the ²priests], the ones lifting the ark of the covenant of the lord, from the midst of the Jordan, that [³put ⁴the ⁵feet ¹the ²priests] upon the dry land, and [⁵advanced ¹the ²water ³of the ⁴Jordan] according to place, and it went as also yesterday and the third day before, through all its bank. 19 And the people ascended from out of the Jordan on the tenth of the [²month ¹first]. And [⁴bivouacked ¹the ²sons ³of Israel] in Gilgal in the part towards the sun, rising by Jericho. 20 And [²twelve ³stones ¹these] which he took from out of the Jordan, Joshua set in Gilgal. 21 And he spoke to the sons of Israel, saying, Whenever [²ask ¹your sons ⁴tomorrow ³you], saying, What are these stones? 22 You announce to your sons! saying that, [³upon ⁴dry ground ¹Israel passed over ²this Jordan]. 23 [³caused ⁸to dry up ¹The lord ²our God ⁴the ⁵water ⁶of the ⁷Jordan] from in front of them, until of which time they passed over, just as [³did ¹the lord ²our God] to the [²sea ¹red], which [³caused to dry up ¹the lord ²God] in front of us until we went by. 24 So that [⁶might know ¹all ²the ³nations ⁴of the ⁵earth] that the power of the lord is strong, and that you should worship the lord our God at all time.