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          DASV: Joshua 4    

1 When the whole nation finished crossing the Jordan River,
the LORD told Joshua,
2 "Choose twelve men from the people, one from each tribe,
3 and tell them, 'Take twelve stones out of the middle of the
Jordan River, from the place where the priests' feet stood firmly,
and carry them over with you and put them in the place where
you will camp tonight."
4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he appointed from
the Israelites, one from each tribe.
5 Joshua said to them, "Cross over in front of the ark of the
LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan River, and each
man pick up a stone on his shoulder, one for each of the
Israelite tribes
6 so that this may be a memorial sign to you. In the future,
when your children ask, 'What do these stones mean to you?'
7 Tell them how the waters of the Jordan were cut off before
the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed over
the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off, and these
stones are a memorial to the Israelites forever."
8 So the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded, and lifted twelve
stones out of the middle of the Jordan River, one per Israelite tribe,
as the LORD commanded Joshua. They carried them over with them
to the place where they camped, and set them down there.
9 Then Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the
Jordan River, in the place where the feet of the priests who
carried the ark of the covenant had stood and they are there
to this day.

10 The priests who carried the ark stood in the middle of the
Jordan River, until everything the LORD commanded Joshua to tell
the people had been accomplished, in accordance with everything
Moses commanded Joshua. The people crossed over quickly.
11 When all the people finished crossing, the ark of the LORD
and the priests crossed over as the people looked on.
12 Then the Reubenites, Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
crossed over armed before the Israelites, just as Moses had told
them to.
13 About forty thousand armed for war crossed over before the LORD
ready for battle on the plains of Jericho.
14 On that day the LORD honored Joshua in the sight of all Israel,
and they respected him, just as they had respected Moses,
all the days of his life.

15 Then the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,
16 "Command the priests that carry the ark of the testimony to
come up out of the Jordan riverbed."
17 So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."
18 After the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the
LORD had come up out of the middle of the Jordan River,
and the soles of the priests' feet touched dry ground,
the water of the Jordan returned to its place, and overflowed
its banks as before.
19 The people came up out of the Jordan River on the tenth
day of the first month, and they camped at Gilgal,
a little east of Jericho.

20 Joshua set up at Gilgal those twelve stones that they
took from the Jordan River.
21 Then he spoke to the Israelites, saying, "In the future,
when your children ask their fathers, 'What do these
stones mean?'
22 Then you shall explain to your children, 'Israel came
across this Jordan River on dry ground.'
23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan
River before you until you had crossed over, just as the
LORD your God did at the Red Sea, when he dried it up
before us until we had crossed over.
24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may
know the hand of the LORD is mighty, so that you may fear
the LORD your God forever."

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