So it was when all the nation had finished crossing the ^aJordan, the LORD said to Joshua, 2 “^aTake for yourselves the twelve men chosen from among the people, one man from each tribe, 3 and command them, ‘Pick up for yourselves twelve stones one each from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet are standing firm; carry them over with you and lay them down at ^athe place where you will spend the night tonight.’” 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man from each tribe; 5 and Joshua said to them, “Cross over again to the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and each of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, 6 so that this may be a sign among you; ^awhen your children ask later, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ 7 then you shall say to them that the ^awaters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall become a ^bmemorial for Israel forever.”

8 So the twelve men chosen from the sons of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, just as the LORD had spoken to Joshua; and they carried them over with them to ^athe place where they were spending the night and put them down there. 9 Then Joshua set up a second monument of twelve ^astones in the midst of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day. 10 For the priests who carried the ark were standing in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell the people, in accordance with everything that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people hurried and crossed the dry riverbed; 11 and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the LORD and the priests crossed over in the presence of the people. 12 ^aThe sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle before the other sons of Israel, just as Moses had spoken to them; 13 about 40,000 men armed and equipped for war crossed for battle before the LORD to the desert plains of Jericho.

14 ^aOn that day the LORD magnified and exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; so they feared him with profound awe and reverence, just as they had feared Moses all the days of his life.

15 Now the LORD said to Joshua, 16 “Order the priests carrying ^athe ark of the Testimony to come up out of the Jordan.” 17 So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, “Come up out of the Jordan.” 18 When the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD had come up from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of their feet were raised up to the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and flowed over all its banks as before.

19 Now the people came up from the Jordan on the ^atenth day of the first month and encamped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho. 20 ^aAnd those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up ^bin Gilgal. 21 He said to the sons of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’ 22 then you shall let your children know, ‘Israel crossed this Jordan on ^adry ground.’ 23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you crossed over, just as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, ^awhich He dried up before us until we had crossed; 24 so that ^aall the peoples of the earth may know without any doubt and acknowledge that the ^bhand of the LORD is mighty and extraordinarily powerful, so that you will ^cfear the LORD your God and obey and worship Him with profound awe and reverence forever.”

Now when all the nation had finished crossing the ^aJordan, the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying, 2 “^aTake for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe, 3 and command them, saying, ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from here out of the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet are standing firm, and carry them over with you and lay them down in ^athe lodging place where you will lodge tonight.’” 4 So Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man from each tribe; 5 and Joshua said to them, “¹Cross again to the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel. 6 ¹Let this be a sign among you, so that ^awhen your children ask ²later, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ 7 then you shall say to them, ‘Because the ^awaters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.’ So these stones shall become a ^bmemorial to the sons of Israel forever.”

8 Thus the sons of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, just as the LORD spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel; and they carried them over with them to ^athe lodging place and put them down there. 9 Then Joshua set up twelve ^astones in the middle of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day. 10 For the priests who carried the ark were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything was completed that the LORD had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. And the people hurried and crossed; 11 and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the LORD and the priests crossed before the people. 12 ^aThe sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over in battle array before the sons of Israel, just as Moses had spoken to them; 13 about 40,000 equipped for war, crossed for battle before the LORD to the desert plains of Jericho.

14 ^aOn that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; so that they ¹revered him, just as they had ²revered Moses all the days of his life.

15 Now the LORD said to ¹Joshua, 16 “Command the priests who carry ^athe ark of the testimony that they come up from the Jordan.” 17 So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, “Come up from the Jordan.” 18 It came about when the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD had come up from the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were ¹lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks as before.

19 Now the people came up from the Jordan on the ^atenth of the first month and camped at Gilgal on the eastern edge of Jericho. 20 ^1aThose twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up ^bat Gilgal. 21 He said to the sons of ¹Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’ 22 then you shall inform your children, saying, ‘Israel crossed this Jordan on ^adry ground.’ 23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as the LORD your God had done to the ¹Red Sea, ^awhich He dried up before us until we had crossed; 24 that ^aall the peoples of the earth may know that the ^bhand of the LORD is mighty, so that you may ^1cfear the LORD your God ²forever.”

Now it happened when all the nation had completed crossing the ^aJordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, 2 “^aTake for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe, 3 and command them, saying, ‘Carry for yourselves twelve stones from here out of the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet are standing firm, and carry them over with you and lay them down in ^athe lodging place where you will lodge tonight.’” 4 So Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man from each tribe; 5 and Joshua said to them, “¹Cross again before the ark of Yahweh your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you carry a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, 6 in order that this would be a sign among you, so that ^awhen your children ask ¹later, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ 7 then you shall say to them, ‘Because the ^awaters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh; when it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.’ So these stones shall become a ^bmemorial to the sons of Israel forever.”

8 Thus the sons of Israel did as Joshua commanded and carried twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, just as Yahweh spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel; and they carried them over with them to ^athe lodging place and laid them down there. 9 But Joshua set up twelve ^astones in the middle of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day. 10 Now the priests who carried the ark were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything was completed that Yahweh had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. And the people hurried and crossed. 11 And it happened when all the people had completed crossing, that the ark of Yahweh and the priests crossed before the people. 12 ^aAnd the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over in battle array before the sons of Israel, just as Moses had spoken to them; 13 about 40,000 equipped for war crossed for battle before Yahweh to the desert plains of Jericho.

14 ^aOn that day, Yahweh magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel, so that they ¹feared him, just as they had ²feared Moses all the days of his life.

15 Then Yahweh said to ¹Joshua, 16 “Command the priests who carry ^athe ark of the testimony that they come up from the Jordan.” 17 So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, “Come up from the Jordan.” 18 So it happened when the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh had come up from the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were ¹lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and went over all its banks as before.

19 Now the people came up from the Jordan on the ^atenth of the first month and camped at Gilgal on the eastern edge of Jericho. 20 ^1aAnd those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up ^bat Gilgal. 21 Then he said to the sons of ¹Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean?’ 22 then you shall make your children know, saying, ‘Israel crossed this Jordan on ^adry land.’ 23 For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as Yahweh your God had done to the ¹Red Sea, ^awhich He dried up before us until we had crossed, 24 that ^aall the peoples of the earth may know that the ^bhand of Yahweh is strong, so that you may ^1cfear Yahweh your God ²forever.”

Now when the entire nation had finished crossing the ^aJordan, the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying, 2 “^aTake for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe, 3 and command them, saying, ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from here out of the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet are standing firmly, and carry them over with you and lay them down in ^athe encampment where you will spend the night.’” 4 So Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man from each tribe; 5 and Joshua said to them, “¹Cross again to the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel. 6 ¹This shall be a sign among you; ^awhen your children ask ²later, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ 7 then you shall say to them, ‘That the ^awaters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.’ So these stones shall become a ^bmemorial to the sons of Israel forever.”

8 So the sons of Israel did exactly as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, just as the LORD spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel; and they carried them over with them to ^athe encampment and put them down there. 9 Then Joshua set up twelve ^astones in the middle of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day. 10 For the priests who carried the ark were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything was completed that the LORD had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. And the people hurried and crossed; 11 and when all the people had finished crossing, then the ark of the LORD and the priests crossed in front of the people. 12 ^aThe sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over in battle formation before the sons of Israel, just as Moses had spoken to them; 13 about forty thousand equipped for war, crossed for battle before the LORD to the desert plains of Jericho.

14 ^aOn that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, so that they ¹revered him, just as they had ²revered Moses all the days of his life.

15 Now the LORD said to ¹Joshua, 16 “Command the priests who carry ^athe ark of the testimony that they come up from the Jordan.” 17 So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, “Come up from the Jordan.” 18 It came about when the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD had come up from the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were ¹lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks as before.

19 Now the people came up from the Jordan on the ^atenth of the first month and camped at Gilgal, on the eastern edge of Jericho. 20 As for ^1athose twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set them up ^bat Gilgal. 21 And he said to the sons of ¹Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’ 22 then you shall inform your children, saying, ‘Israel crossed this Jordan on ^adry ground.’ 23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as the LORD your God had done to the ¹Red Sea, ^awhich He dried up before us until we had crossed; 24 so that ^aall the peoples of the earth may know that the ^bhand of the LORD is mighty, so that you may ^1cfear the LORD your God ²forever.”