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The Israelites Make a Memorial

After all the nation finished crossing the Jordan, Yahweh said to Joshua, “Take twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe,[a] and command them, saying, ‘Take for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests’ feet stood firmly, and bring them over with you, and set them up in the place where you will camp tonight.’”[b] So Joshua summoned the twelve men whom he had appointed from the Israelites,[c] one from each tribe. And Joshua said to them, “Cross over before[d] the ark of Yahweh your God to the middle of the Jordan, and each one of you lift up a stone on your[e] shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites,[f]

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  1. Joshua 4:2 Literally “man one man one from tribe”
  2. Joshua 4:3 Literally “the lodging place where you will lodge tonight”
  3. Joshua 4:4 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  4. Joshua 4:5 Or “the presence”
  5. Joshua 4:5 Hebrew “his”
  6. Joshua 4:5 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

Memorial Stones from the Jordan

Now when the entire nation had finished crossing the (A)Jordan, the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying, (B)Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe, and command them, saying, ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from here out of the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet are standing firmly, and carry them over with you and lay them down in (C)the encampment where you will spend the night.’” So Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man from each tribe; and Joshua said to them, “[a]Cross again to the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 4:5 Lit Cross before the ark