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Josua 4
Svenska Folkbibeln
Josua 4
Svenska Folkbibeln
Minnesstenar sätts upp
4 När allt folket helt och hållet hade kommit över Jordan, sade Herren till Josua: 2 "Välj ut bland folket tolv män, en man från varje stam, 3 och befall dem och säg: Tag här ur Jordan tolv stenar från det ställe där prästerna stod stadigt med sina fötter, och bär dem över med er och lägg ner dem på den plats där ni skall slå läger i natt."
4 Då kallade Josua till sig de tolv män som han hade utsett bland Israels barn, en man från varje stam. 5 Och Josua sade till dem: "Gå framför Herrens, er Guds, ark och gå ut mitt i Jordan. Var och en av er skall lyfta upp en sten på axeln, efter antalet av Israels stammar, 6 så att detta blir ett minnesmärke bland er. När era barn i framtiden frågar: Vad betyder dessa stenar? 7 skall ni svara dem: De betyder att Jordans vatten här skars av i sitt lopp framför Herrens förbundsark. När den fördes över Jordan skars Jordans vatten av. Därför skall dessa stenar vara ett minnesmärke för Israels barn till evig tid."
8 Israels barn gjorde som Josua befallde dem. De tog tolv stenar ur Jordan, så som Herren hade sagt till Josua, efter antalet av Israels stammar. Och de tog dem med sig till lägret och lade ner dem där. 9 Dessutom reste Josua tolv stenar mitt i Jordan på den plats där prästerna som bar förbundsarken hade stått med sina fötter, och stenarna finns där än i dag. 10 Prästerna som bar arken stod kvar mitt i Jordan, till dess allt det var utfört som Herren hade befallt Josua att säga till folket, allt i enlighet med vad Mose hade befallt Josua. Och folket skyndade sig över.
11 När allt folket helt och hållet hade kommit över, gick också Herrens ark och prästerna över och tog plats framför folket. 12 Och Rubens barn och Gads barn och ena hälften av Manasse stam gick beväpnade i spetsen för Israels barn, så som Mose hade befallt dem. 13 Omkring fyrtiotusen män, beväpnade till strid, gick över inför Herren för att strida på Jerikos hedmarker. 14 Den dagen gjorde Herren Josua stor i hela Israels ögon, och de fruktade honom så som de hade fruktat Mose, så länge han levde.
15 Och Herren sade till Josua: 16 "Befall prästerna som bär vittnesbördets ark att stiga upp ur Jordan." 17 Och Josua befallde prästerna: "Stig upp ur Jordan." 18 När då prästerna som bar Herrens förbundsark steg upp ur Jordan, hade deras fötter knappt hunnit upp på torr mark, förrän Jordans vatten vände tillbaka till sin plats och svämmade över alla sina bräddar som förut.
19 Det var på tionde dagen i första månaden som folket steg upp ur Jordan, och de slog läger i Gilgal på gränsen till östra Jerikoområdet. 20 De tolv stenarna som de hade tagit ur Jordan ställde Josua upp i Gilgal. 21 Han sade till Israels barn: "När era barn i framtiden frågar sina fäder: Vad betyder dessa stenar? 22 skall ni förklara för dem och säga: Israel gick på torr mark över denna Jordan, 23 ty Herren, er Gud, lät vattnet i Jordan torka ut framför er, till dess ni hade gått över den, på samma sätt som Herren, er Gud, gjorde med Röda havet, som han torkade ut framför oss, till dess vi hade gått över det. 24 Detta gjorde han för att alla folk på jorden skall veta hur stark Herrens hand är och för att ni alltid skall frukta Herren, er Gud."
Joshua 4
New International Version
Joshua 4
New International Version
4 When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan,(A) the Lord said to Joshua, 2 “Choose twelve men(B) from among the people, one from each tribe, 3 and tell them to take up twelve stones(C) from the middle of the Jordan,(D) from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.(E)”
4 So Joshua called together the twelve men(F) he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe, 5 and said to them, “Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan.(G) Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, 6 to serve as a sign(H) among you. In the future, when your children(I) ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’(J) 7 tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off(K) 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(L) to the people of Israel forever.”
8 So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones(M) from the middle of the Jordan,(N) according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord had told Joshua;(O) and they carried them over with them to their camp, where they put them down. 9 Joshua set up the twelve stones(P) that had been[a] in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day.(Q)
10 Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua was done by the people, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried over, 11 and as soon as all of them had crossed, the ark of the Lord and the priests came to the other side while the people watched. 12 The men of Reuben,(R) Gad(S) and the half-tribe of Manasseh(T) crossed over, ready for battle, in front of the Israelites,(U) as Moses had directed them.(V) 13 About forty thousand armed for battle(W) crossed over(X) before the Lord to the plains of Jericho for war.
14 That day the Lord exalted(Y) Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they stood in awe of him all the days of his life, just as they had stood in awe of Moses.
15 Then the Lord said to Joshua, 16 “Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant law(Z) to come up out of the Jordan.”
17 So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up out of the Jordan.”
18 And the priests came up out of the river carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord. No sooner had they set their feet on the dry ground than the waters of the Jordan returned to their place(AA) and ran at flood stage(AB) as before.
19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal(AC) on the eastern border of Jericho. 20 And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones(AD) 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?’(AE) 22 tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’(AF) 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[b] when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over.(AG) 24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know(AH) that the hand of the Lord is powerful(AI) and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.(AJ)”
Footnotes
- Joshua 4:9 Or Joshua also set up twelve stones
- Joshua 4:23 Or the Sea of Reeds
Josué 4
Segond 21
Josué 4
Segond 21
Deux monuments de pierres
4 Lorsque toute la nation eut fini de passer le Jourdain, l'Eternel dit à Josué: 2 «Prenez douze hommes parmi le peuple, un de chaque tribu. 3 Donnez-leur cet ordre: ‘Retirez d'ici, du milieu du Jourdain, là où les prêtres se sont arrêtés de pied ferme, douze pierres que vous emporterez avec vous et que vous déposerez à l'endroit où vous passerez cette nuit.’» 4 Josué appela les douze hommes qu'il choisit parmi les Israélites, un de chaque tribu. 5 Il leur dit: «Passez devant l'arche de l'Eternel, votre Dieu, au milieu du Jourdain et que chacun de vous charge une pierre sur son épaule, selon le nombre des tribus israélites, 6 afin que cela soit un signe au milieu de vous. Lorsque vos enfants demanderont un jour: ‘Que signifient pour vous ces pierres?’ 7 vous leur direz: ‘L’eau du Jourdain a été coupée devant l'arche de l'alliance de l'Eternel. Lorsqu'elle a passé le Jourdain, l’eau du Jourdain a été coupée, et ces pierres seront pour toujours un souvenir pour les Israélites.’»
8 Les Israélites firent ce que Josué leur avait ordonné. Ils retirèrent douze pierres du milieu du Jourdain, comme l'Eternel l'avait dit à Josué, selon le nombre des tribus israélites. Ils les emportèrent avec eux et les déposèrent à l'endroit où ils devaient passer la nuit. 9 Josué dressa aussi douze pierres au milieu du Jourdain, là où s'étaient arrêtés les pieds des prêtres qui portaient l'arche de l'alliance, et elles y sont restées jusqu'à aujourd’hui. 10 Les prêtres qui portaient l'arche se tinrent au milieu du Jourdain jusqu'à l'entière réalisation de ce que l'Eternel avait ordonné à Josué de dire au peuple, en conformité avec tout ce que Moïse avait prescrit à Josué. Et le peuple s’empressa de passer. 11 Lorsque tout le peuple eut fini de passer, l'arche de l'Eternel et les prêtres passèrent devant le peuple. 12 Les Rubénites, les Gadites et la demi-tribu de Manassé passèrent en ordre de bataille devant les Israélites, comme Moïse le leur avait dit. 13 Environ 40'000 hommes, équipés pour la guerre et prêts à combattre, passèrent devant l'Eternel dans les plaines de Jéricho.
14 Ce jour-là, l'Eternel rendit Josué grand aux yeux de tout Israël, et ils le respectèrent comme ils avaient respecté Moïse, tous les jours de sa vie.
15 L'Eternel dit à Josué: 16 «Ordonne aux prêtres qui portent l'arche du témoignage de sortir du Jourdain.» 17 Josué donna cet ordre aux prêtres: «Sortez du Jourdain.» 18 Lorsque les prêtres qui portaient l'arche de l'alliance de l'Eternel furent sortis du milieu du Jourdain et que la plante de leurs pieds se posa sur le sec, l’eau du Jourdain retourna à sa place et inonda toutes ses rives comme avant.
19 Le peuple sortit du Jourdain le dixième jour du premier mois et campa à Guilgal, à l'extrémité est de Jéricho.
20 Josué dressa à Guilgal les douze pierres qu'ils avaient retirées du Jourdain. 21 Il dit aux Israélites: «Lorsque vos enfants demanderont un jour à leur père: ‘Que signifient ces pierres?’ 22 vous les instruirez en disant: ‘Israël a passé le Jourdain que voici à pied sec.’ 23 Oui, l'Eternel, votre Dieu, a asséché devant vous l’eau du Jourdain jusqu'à ce que vous soyez passés, tout comme il l'avait fait à la mer des Roseaux, qu'il a asséchée devant nous jusqu'à ce que nous soyons passés. 24 Ainsi, tous les peuples de la terre sauront que la main de l'Eternel est puissante et vous craindrez toujours l'Eternel, votre Dieu.»
Joshua 4
King James Version
Joshua 4
King James Version
4 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,
2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
7 Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until everything was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:
13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
14 On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
15 And the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,
16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever.
Joshua 4
New King James Version
Joshua 4
New King James Version
The Memorial Stones
4 And it came to pass, when all the people had completely crossed (A)over the Jordan, that the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying: 2 (B)“Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from every tribe, 3 and command them, saying, ‘Take for yourselves twelve stones from here, out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where (C)the priests’ feet stood firm. You shall carry them over with you and leave them in (D)the lodging place where you lodge tonight.’ ”
4 Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the children of Israel, one man from every tribe; 5 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, 6 that this may be (E)a sign among you (F)when your children ask in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ 7 Then you shall answer them that (G)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 (H)a memorial to the children of Israel forever.”
8 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. 9 Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.
10 So the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the Lord had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua; and the people hurried and crossed over. 11 Then it came to pass, when all the people had completely crossed over, that the (I)ark of the Lord and the priests crossed over in the presence of the people. 12 And (J)the men of Reuben, the men of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses had spoken to them. 13 About forty thousand [a]prepared for war crossed over before the Lord for battle, to the plains of Jericho. 14 On that day the Lord (K)exalted[b] Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they had feared Moses, all the days of his life.
15 Then the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying, 16 “Command the priests who bear (L)the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.” 17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, “Come up from the Jordan.” 18 And it came to pass, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord had come from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet touched the dry land, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place (M)and overflowed all its banks as before.
19 Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they camped (N)in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho. 20 And (O)those twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal. 21 Then he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: (P)“When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’ 22 then you shall let your children know, saying, (Q)‘Israel crossed over this Jordan on (R)dry land’; 23 for the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, (S)which He dried up before us until we had crossed over, 24 (T)that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the Lord, that it is (U)mighty, that you may (V)fear the Lord your God [c]forever.”
Footnotes
- Joshua 4:13 equipped
- Joshua 4:14 made Joshua great
- Joshua 4:24 Lit. all days
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