⁴⁶ And Jacob said to his kinsmen, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

¹⁷ And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest and raised over him ^(A)a very great heap of stones. And all Israel ^(B)fled every one to his own home.

²⁶ And they raised over him ^(A)a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then ^(B)the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore, to this day the name of that place is called the Valley of Achor.^[a]

²⁰ And ^(A)those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal. ²¹ And he said to the people of Israel, ^(B)“When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’ ²² then you shall let your children know, ^(C)‘Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.’ 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, ^(D)which he dried up for us until we passed over, ^24 (E)so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is ^(F)mighty, that you may ^(G)fear the Lord your God forever.”^[a]

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, ⁶ that this may be a sign among you. ^(A)When your children ask in time to come, ‘What do those stones mean to you?’ ⁷ then you shall tell them that ^(B)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 ^(C)a memorial forever.”

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^[a] there. ⁹ And Joshua set up^[b] twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, ^(D)in the place where the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant had stood; and they are there to this day.

⁵⁴ and Jacob offered a sacrifice in the hill country and called ^(A)his kinsmen to eat bread. They ate bread and spent the night in the hill country.

³⁷ For you have felt through all my goods; what have you found of all your household goods? Set it here before my kinsmen and ^(A)your kinsmen, that they may decide between us two.

^32 (A)Anyone with whom you find your gods shall not live. In the presence of our kinsmen point out what I have that is yours, and take it.” Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.