⁶ in order that this would be a sign among you, so that ^(A)when your children ask ^[a]later, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ ⁷ then you shall say to them, ‘Because the ^(B)waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh; when it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.’ So these stones shall become a ^(C)memorial to the sons of Israel forever.”

⁸ Thus the sons of Israel did as Joshua commanded and carried twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, just as Yahweh spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel; and they carried them over with them to ^(D)the lodging place and laid them down there.