1 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,
2 Take * h3947 h8798 you twelve * h8147 * h6240 men * h582 out of the people * h5971, out of every * h259 tribe * h7626 a man * h376,
3 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.
4 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:
5 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:
6 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? in time...: Heb. to morrow
7 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.
8 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.
9 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.
10 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.
11 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.
12 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:
13 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. prepared: or, ready armed
14 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.
15 And the LORD * h3068 spake * h559 h8799 unto Joshua * h3091, saying * h559 h8800,
16 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.
17 Joshua * h3091 therefore commanded * h6680 h8762 the priests * h3548, saying * h559 h8800, Come ye up * h5927 h8798 out of Jordan * h3383.
18 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. lifted...: Heb. plucked up flowed: Heb. went
19 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.
20 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.
21 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? in time...: Heb. to morrow
22 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.
23 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:
24 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. for ever: Heb. all days