and Joshua said to them: “Cross over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of the Jordan, and each one of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, that this may be (A)a sign among you (B)when your children ask in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ Then you shall answer them that (C)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 shall be for (D)a memorial to the children of Israel forever.”

And the children of Israel did so, just as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the midst of the Jordan, as the Lord had spoken to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

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and said to them, “Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan.(A) Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, to serve as a sign(B) among you. In the future, when your children(C) ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’(D) tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off(E) before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial(F) to the people of Israel forever.”

So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones(G) from the middle of the Jordan,(H) according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord had told Joshua;(I) and they carried them over with them to their camp, where they put them down.

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şi le-a zis: „Treceţi înaintea chivotului Domnului, Dumnezeului vostru, în mijlocul Iordanului şi fiecare din voi să ia o piatră pe umăr, după numărul seminţiilor copiilor lui Israel, pentru ca acesta să fie un semn de aducere-aminte în mijlocul vostru. Când(A) vor întreba copiii voştri într-o zi: ‘Ce înseamnă pietrele acestea pentru voi?’ să le spuneţi: ‘Apele Iordanului(B) s-au despicat în două înaintea chivotului legământului Domnului; când a trecut chivotul Iordanul, apele Iordanului s-au despicat în două’, şi pietrele acestea să fie totdeauna o aducere-aminte(C) pentru copiii lui Israel.” Copiii lui Israel au făcut aşa cum le poruncise Iosua. Au luat douăsprezece pietre din mijlocul Iordanului, cum spusese lui Iosua Domnul, după numărul seminţiilor copiilor lui Israel, le-au luat cu ei şi le-au pus în locul unde aveau să rămână peste noapte.

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