06_JOS_04_01 And it came to pass , when all the people were clean passed over Jordan , that the LORD spake unto Joshua , saying ,
06_JOS_04_02 take you twelve men out of the people , out of every tribe A man ,
06_JOS_04_03 And command ye them , saying , take you hence out of the midst of Jordan , out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm , twelve stones , And ye shall carry them over with you , And leave them in the lodging place , where ye shall lodge this night .
06_JOS_04_04 Then Joshua called the twelve men , whom he had prepared of the children of Israel , out of every tribe A man :
06_JOS_04_05 And Joshua said unto them , pass over before the ark of 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 Israel :
06_JOS_04_06 that this may be A sign among you , [ that ] when your children ask [ their fathers ] in time to come , saying , what [ mean ] ye by These stones ?
06_JOS_04_07 Then ye shall answer them , that the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the 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 Israel for ever .
06_JOS_04_08 And the children of Israel did So as Joshua commanded , And took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan , as the LORD spake unto Joshua , according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel , And carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged , And laid them down there .
06_JOS_04_09 And 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 .
06_JOS_04_10 for the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan , until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people , according to all that Moses commanded Joshua : And the people hasted And passed over .
06_JOS_04_11 And it came to pass , when all the people were clean passed over , that the ark of the LORD passed over , And the priests , in the presence of the people .
06_JOS_04_12 And the children of Reuben , And the children of Gad , And half the tribe of Manasseh , passed over armed before the children of Israel , as Moses spake unto them :
06_JOS_04_13 about forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle , to the plains of Jericho .
06_JOS_04_14 on that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel ; And they feared him , as they feared Moses , all the days of his life .
06_JOS_04_15 And the LORD spake unto Joshua , saying ,
06_JOS_04_16 command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony , that they come up out of Jordan .
06_JOS_04_17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests , saying , come ye up out of Jordan .
06_JOS_04_18 And it came to pass , when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the 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 .
06_JOS_04_19 And 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 .
06_JOS_04_20 And those twelve stones , which they took out of Jordan , did Joshua pitch in Gilgal .
06_JOS_04_21 And he spake unto the children of Israel , saying , when your children shall ask their fathers in time to come , saying , what [ mean ] These stones ?
06_JOS_04_22 Then ye shall let your children know , saying , Israel came over this Jordan on dry land .
06_JOS_04_23 for the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you , until ye were passed over , as the LORD your God did to the red sea , which he dried up from before us , until we were gone over :
06_JOS_04_24 that all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD , that it [ Is ] mighty : that ye might Fear the LORD your God for ever .