4:1 When
all
the
nation
had
finished
passing
over
the
Jordan,
the
LORD
said
to
Joshua,
4:2 "Take
twelve
men
from
the
people,
from
each
tribe
a
man,
4:3 and
command
them,
saying,
'Take
twelve
stones
from
here
out
of
the
midst
of
the
Jordan,
from
the
very
place
where
the
priests'
feet
stood
firmly,
and
bring
them
over
with
you
and
lay
them
down
in
the
place
where
you
lodge
tonight.'"
4:4 Then
Joshua
called
the
twelve
men
from
the
people
of
Israel,
whom
he
had
appointed,
a
man
from
each
tribe.
4:5 And
Joshua
said
to
them,
"Pass
on
before
the
ark
of
the
LORD
your
God
into
the
midst
of
the
Jordan,
and
take
up
each
of
you
a
stone
upon
his
shoulder,
according
to
the
number
of
the
tribes
of
the
people
of
Israel,
4:6 that
this
may
be
a
sign
among
you.
When
your
children
ask
in
time
to
come,
'What
do
those
stones
mean
to
you'
4:7 then
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
the
Jordan
were
cut
off.
So
these
stones
shall
be
to
the
people
of
Israel
a
memorial
forever."
4:8 And
the
people
of
Israel
did
just
as
Joshua
commanded
and
took
up
twelve
stones
out
of
the
midst
of
the
Jordan,
according
to
the
number
of
the
tribes
of
the
people
of
Israel,
just
as
the
LORD
told
Joshua.
And
they
carried
them
over
with
them
to
the
place
where
they
lodged
and
laid
them
down
there.
4:9 And
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.
4:10 For
the
priests
bearing
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.
4:11 And
when
all
the
people
had
finished
passing
over,
the
ark
of
the
LORD
and
the
priests
passed
over
before
the
people.
4:12 The
sons
of
Reuben
and
the
sons
of
Gad
and
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
passed
over
armed
before
the
people
of
Israel,
as
Moses
had
told
them.
4:13 About
40,000
ready
for
war
passed
over
before
the
LORD
for
battle,
to
the
plains
of
Jericho.
4:14 On
that
day
the
LORD
exalted
Joshua
in
the
sight
of
all
Israel,
and
they
stood
in
awe
of
him
just
as
they
had
stood
in
awe
of
Moses,
all
the
days
of
his
life.
4:15 And
the
LORD
said
to
Joshua,
4:16 "Command
the
priests
bearing
the
ark
of
the
testimony
to
come
up
out
of
the
Jordan."
4:17 So
Joshua
commanded
the
priests,
"Come
up
out
of
the
Jordan."
4:18 And
when
the
priests
bearing
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
LORD
came
up
from
the
midst
of
the
Jordan,
and
the
soles
of
the
priests'
feet
were
lifted
up
on
dry
ground,
the
waters
of
the
Jordan
returned
to
their
place
and
overflowed
all
its
banks,
as
before.
4:19 The
people
came
up
out
of
the
Jordan
on
the
tenth
day
of
the
first
month,
and
they
encamped
at
Gilgal
on
the
east
border
of
Jericho.
4:20 And
those
twelve
stones,
which
they
took
out
of
the
Jordan,
Joshua
set
up
at
Gilgal.
4:21 And
he
said
to
the
people
of
Israel,
"When
your
children
ask
their
fathers
in
times
to
come,
'What
do
these
stones
mean'
4:22 then
you
shall
let
your
children
know,
'Israel
passed
over
this
Jordan
on
dry
ground.'
4:23 For
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,
4:24 so
that
all
the
peoples
of
the
earth
may
know
that
the
hand
of
the
LORD
is
mighty,
that
you
may
fear
the
LORD
your
God
forever."