1And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that Yahuah (LORD) spake unto Joshua, saying,
2Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
3And command you them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and you shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where you shall lodge this night.
4Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Yashar'el (Israel), out of every tribe a man:
5And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of Yahuah Elohaychem (the LORD your God) into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Yashar'el (Israel):
6That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean you by these stones?
7Then you shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yahuah (LORD); when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Yashar'el (Israel) for ever.
8And the children of Yashar'el (Israel) did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as Yahuah (LORD) spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Yashar'el (Israel), and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
9And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
10For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that Yahuah (LORD) commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
11And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of Yahuah (LORD) passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
12And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Yashar'el (Israel), as Moses spake unto them:
13About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before Yahuah (LORD) unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
14On that day Yahuah (LORD) magnified Joshua in the sight of all Yashar'el (Israel); and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
15And Yahuah (LORD) spake unto Joshua, saying,
16Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
17Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come you up out of Jordan.
18And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Yahuah (LORD) were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
19And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
20And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
21And he spake unto the children of Yashar'el (Israel), saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
22Then you shall let your children know, saying, Yashar'el (Israel) came over this Jordan on dry land.
23For Yahuah Elohaychem (the LORD your God) dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until you were passed over, as Yahuah Elohaychem (the LORD your God) did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
24That all the people of the earth might know the hand of Yahuah (LORD), that it is mighty: that you might fear Yahuah Elohaychem (the LORD your God) for ever.