1 W hen all the nation had fully passed over the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

And it cometh to pass, when all the nation hath completed to pass over the Jordan, that Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,

2 T ake twelve men from among the people, one man out of every tribe,

`Take for you out of the people twelve men, one man -- one man out of a tribe;

3 A nd command them, Take twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan from the place where the priests’ feet stood firm; carry them over with you and leave them at the place where you lodge tonight.

and command ye them, saying, Take up for you from this, from the midst of the Jordan, from the established standing-place of the feet of the priests, twelve stones, and ye have removed them over with you, and placed them in the lodging-place in which ye lodge to-night.'

4 T hen Joshua called the twelve men of the Israelites whom he had appointed, a man from each tribe.

And Joshua calleth unto the twelve men whom he prepared out of the sons of Israel, one man -- one man out of a tribe;

5 A nd Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God in the midst of the Jordan, and take up every man of you a stone on his shoulder, as is the number of the tribes of the Israelites,

and Joshua saith to them, `Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God unto the midst of the Jordan and lift up for you each, one stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel,

6 T hat this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, What do these stones mean to you?

so that this is a sign in your midst, when your children ask hereafter, saying, What these stones to you?

7 T hen you shall tell them that the 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 Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the Israelites a memorial forever.

that ye have said to them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off, at the presence of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; in its passing over into the Jordan were the waters of the Jordan cut off; and these stones have been for a memorial to the sons of Israel -- to the age.'

8 A nd the Israelites 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 Israelites, as the Lord told Joshua, and carried them over with them to the place where they lodged and laid them down there.

And the sons of Israel do so as Joshua commanded, and take up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Jehovah hath spoken unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, and remove them over with them unto the lodging-place, and place them there,

9 A nd Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan in the place where the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day.

even the twelve stones hath Joshua raised up out of the midst of the Jordan, the place of the standing of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant, and they are there unto this day.

10 F or the priests who bore 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.

And the priests bearing the ark are standing in the midst of the Jordan till the completion of the whole thing which Jehovah commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua, and the people haste and pass over.

11 W hen all the people had passed over, the ark of the Lord and the priests went over in the presence of the people.

And it cometh to pass when all the people have completed to pass over, that the ark of Jehovah passeth over, and the priests, in the presence of the people;

12 A nd the sons of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh passed over armed before the Israelites, as Moses had bidden them;

and the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, pass over, by fifties, before the sons of Israel, as Moses had spoken unto them;

13 A bout 40, 000 prepared for war passed over before the Lord to the plains of Jericho for battle.

about forty thousand, armed ones of the host, passed over before Jehovah for battle, unto the plains of Jericho.

14 O n that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they stood in awe of him, as they stood in awe of Moses, all the days of his life.

On that day hath Jehovah made Joshua great in the eyes of all Israel, and they reverence him, as they reverenced Moses, all days of his life.

15 A nd the Lord said to Joshua,

And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,

16 O rder the priests bearing the ark of the Testimony to come up out of the Jordan.

`Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony, and they come up out of the Jordan.'

17 S o Joshua commanded the priests, Come up out of the Jordan.

And Joshua commandeth the priests, saying, `Come ye up out of the Jordan.'

18 A nd when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord had come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of their feet were lifted up to the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and flowed over all its banks as they had before.

And it cometh to pass, in the coming up of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the midst of the Jordan -- the soles of the feet of the priests have been drawn up into the dry ground -- and the waters of the Jordan turn back to their place, and go as heretofore over all its banks.

19 A nd the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and encamped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.

And the people have come up out of the Jordan on the tenth of the first month, and encamp in Gilgal, in the extremity east of Jericho;

20 A nd those twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan Joshua set up in Gilgal.

and these twelve stones, which they have taken out of the Jordan, hath Joshua raised up in Gilgal.

21 A nd he said to the Israelites, When your children ask their fathers in time to come, What do these stones mean?

And he speaketh unto the sons of Israel, saying, `When your sons ask their fathers hereafter, saying, What these stones?

22 Y ou shall let your children know, Israel came over this Jordan on dry ground.

then ye have caused your sons to know, saying, On dry land Israel passed over this Jordan;

23 F or 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, which He dried up for us until we passed over,

because Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan at your presence, till your passing over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea which He dried up at our presence till our passing over;

24 T hat all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty and that you may reverence and fear the Lord your God forever.

so that all the people of the land do know the hand of Jehovah that it strong, so that ye have reverenced Jehovah your God all the days.'