19 Now the people came up from the Jordan on the (A)tenth of the first month and camped at Gilgal, on the eastern edge of Jericho. 20 As for [a](B)those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set them up (C)at Gilgal. 21 And he said to the sons of [b]Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’ 22 then you shall inform your children, saying, ‘Israel crossed this Jordan on (D)dry ground.’ 23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as the Lord your God had done to the [c]Red Sea, (E)which He dried up before us until we had crossed; 24 so that (F)all the peoples of the earth may know that the (G)hand of the Lord is mighty, so that you may [d](H)fear the Lord your God [e]forever.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 4:20 Lit these
  2. Joshua 4:21 Lit Israel, saying,
  3. Joshua 4:23 Lit Sea of Reeds
  4. Joshua 4:24 Or revere
  5. Joshua 4:24 Lit all the days

19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal(A) on the eastern border of Jericho. 20 And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones(B) they had taken out of the Jordan. 21 He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’(C) 22 tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’(D) 23 For the Lord your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The Lord your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea[a] when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over.(E) 24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know(F) that the hand of the Lord is powerful(G) and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 4:23 Or the Sea of Reeds