Chapter 4

And it came to pass, when all the people were clean¹ passed over² Jordan, that the LORD spake⁴ unto Joshua, saying,²

Take³ you twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ men out of the people, out of every ³⁷⁶ tribe a man,

And command¹⁶ ye them, saying,² Take³ you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm,⁵³ twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ stones, and ye shall carry them over⁵² with you, and leave⁵² them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge⁴ this night.

Then Joshua called⁴ the twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ men, whom he had prepared⁵² of the children of Israel, out of every ³⁷⁶ tribe a man:

And Joshua said⁴ unto them, Pass over³ before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up⁵⁴ every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

That this may be a sign among you, [that] when your children ask⁴ [their fathers] in time to come, saying,² What [mean] ye by these stones?

Then ye shall answer¹ them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off⁸ before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over² Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off:⁸ and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

And the children of Israel did⁴ so as Joshua commanded,¹⁴ and took up⁴ twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake¹⁴ unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over⁵⁵ with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down⁵⁵ there.

And Joshua set up⁵² twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare⁶ the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

For the priests which bare⁶ the ark stood⁶ in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished² that the LORD commanded¹⁴ Joshua to speak¹⁵ unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded¹⁴ Joshua: and the people hasted¹⁷ and passed over.⁴

And it came to pass, when all the people were clean¹ passed over,² that the ark of the LORD passed over,⁴ and the priests, in the presence of the people.

And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over⁴ armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake¹⁴ unto them:

About forty thousand prepared⁷ for war passed over¹ before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

On that day the LORD magnified¹⁴ Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared⁴ him, as they feared¹ Moses, all the days of his life.

And the LORD spake⁴ unto Joshua, saying,²

Command¹⁶ the priests that bear⁶ the ark of the testimony, that they come up⁴ out of Jordan.

Joshua therefore commanded¹⁷ the priests, saying,² Come ye up³ out of Jordan.

And it came to pass, when the priests that bare⁶ the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up² out of the midst of Jordan, [and] the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up⁸ unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned⁴ unto their place, and flowed⁴ over all his banks, as [they did] before.

And the people came up¹ out of Jordan on the tenth [day] of the first month, and encamped⁴ in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

And those twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ stones, which they took¹ out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch⁵² in Gilgal.

And he spake⁴ unto the children of Israel, saying,² When your children shall ask⁴ their fathers in time to come, saying,² What [mean] these stones?

Then ye shall let your children know,⁵² saying,² Israel came over¹ this Jordan on dry land.

For the LORD your God dried up⁵² the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over,² as the LORD your God did¹ to the Red sea, which he dried up⁵² from before us, until we were gone over:²

That all the people of the earth might know² the hand of the LORD, that it [is] mighty: that ye might fear¹ the LORD your God for ever. ³¹¹⁷