Dual Panel1When <01961> the entire <03605> nation <01471> was on the other <05674> side <03383>, the Lord <03068> told <0559> Joshua <03091>,
2“Select <03947> for yourselves twelve <06240> <08147> men <0582> from <04480> the people <05971>, one <0259> <0376> per <0259> <0376> tribe <07626>.
3Instruct <06680> them, ‘Pick up <05375> twelve <06240> stones <068> from the middle <08432> of the Jordan <03383>, from the very place where <04673> the priests <03548> stand <04673> firmly, and carry <05674> them over <05674> with <05973> you and put <03240> them in the place where you camp <04411> tonight <03915>.’”
4Joshua <03091> summoned <07121> the twelve <06240> <08147> men <0376> he had appointed <03559> from the Israelites <03478> <01121>, one <0259> <0376> per <0259> <0376> tribe <07626>.
5Joshua <03091> told <0559> them, “Go <05674> in front of <06440> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068> your God <0430> to <0413> the middle <08432> of the Jordan <03383>. Each <0376> of you is to put <07311> a stone <068> on <05921> his shoulder <07926>, according to the number <04557> of the Israelite <03478> <01121> tribes <07626>.
6The stones will be <01961> a reminder <0226> to <07130> you. When <03588> your children <01121> ask <07592> someday <04279>, ‘Why <04100> are these <0428> stones <068> important to you?’
7tell <0559> them how <0834> the water <04325> of the Jordan <03383> stopped flowing <03772> before <06440> the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the Lord <03068>. When it crossed <05674> the Jordan <03383>, the water <04325> of the Jordan <03383> stopped flowing <03772>. These <0428> stones <068> will be <01961> a lasting <05769> <05704> memorial <02146> for the Israelites <03478> <01121>.”
8The Israelites <03478> <01121> did <06213> just as <0834> Joshua <03091> commanded <06680>. They picked up <05375> twelve <06240> <08147> stones <068>, according to the number <04557> of the Israelite <03478> <01121> tribes <07626>, from the middle <08432> of the Jordan <03383> as <0834> the Lord <03068> had instructed <01696> Joshua <03091>. They carried <05674> them over <05674> with <05973> them to <0413> the camp <04411> and put <03240> them there <08033>.
9Joshua <03091> also set up <06965> twelve <06240> <08147> stones <068> in the middle <08432> of the Jordan <03383> in the very place where <04673> <08478> the priests <03548> carrying <05375> the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> stood <07272>. They remain <01961> there <08033> to <05704> this <02088> very <05704> day <03117>.
10Now the priests <03548> carrying <05375> the ark <0727> of the covenant were standing <05975> in the middle <08432> of the Jordan <03383> until <05704> everything <01697> <03605> the Lord <03068> had commanded <06680> Joshua <03091> to tell <01696> the people <05971> was accomplished <08552>, in accordance with all <03605> that <0834> Moses <04872> had commanded <06680> Joshua <03091>. The people <05971> went across <05674> quickly <04116>,
11and when <0834> all <03605> the people <05971> had finished <08552> crossing <05674>, the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068> and the priests <03548> crossed <05674> as the people <05971> looked on <06440>.
12The Reubenites <07205> <01121>, Gadites <01410> <01121>, and the half-tribe <07626> <02677> of Manasseh <04519> crossed over <05674> armed for battle <02571> ahead <06440> of the Israelites <03478> <01121>, just as <0834> Moses <04872> had instructed <01696> them.
13About forty <0705> thousand <0505> battle-ready <02502> troops <06635> marched <05674> past <06440> the Lord <03068> to fight <04421> on <0413> the plains <06160> of Jericho <03405>.
14That <01931> day <03117> the Lord <03068> brought honor <01431> to Joshua <03091> before <05869> all <03605> Israel <03478>. They respected <03372> him all <03605> his life <02416> <03117>, just as <0834> they had respected <03372> Moses <04872>.
15The Lord <03068> told <0559> Joshua <03091>,
16“Instruct <06680> the priests <03548> carrying <05375> the ark <0727> of the covenantal laws <05715> to come up <05927> from <04480> the Jordan <03383>.”
17So Joshua <03091> instructed <06680> the priests <03548>, “Come up <05927> from <04480> the Jordan <03383>!”
18The priests <03548> carrying <05375> the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the Lord <03068> came up <05927> from the middle <08432> of the Jordan <03383>, and as soon as they <03548> set foot <07272> on dry land <02724>, the water <04325> of the Jordan <03383> flowed again and returned to flood stage <01415>.
19The people <05971> went up <05927> from <04480> the Jordan <03383> on the tenth <06218> day of the first <07223> month <02320> and camped <02583> in Gilgal <01537> on the eastern <04217> border <07097> of Jericho <03405>.
20Now Joshua <03091> set up <06965> in Gilgal <01537> the <0428> twelve <06240> <08147> stones <068> they had taken <03947> from <04480> the Jordan <03383>.
21He told <0559> the Israelites <03478> <01121>, “When your children <01121> someday <04279> ask <07592> their fathers <01>, ‘What <04100> do these <0428> stones <068> represent?’
22explain <03045> to your children <01121>, ‘Israel <03478> crossed <05674> the Jordan River <03383> on dry ground <03004>.’
23For <0834> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> dried up <03001> the water <04325> of the Jordan <03383> before <06440> you while <05704> you crossed over <05674>. It was just like when <0834> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> dried up <03001> the Red <05488> Sea <03220> before <06440> us while <05704> we crossed <05674> it.
24He has done this so <04616> all <03605> the nations <05971> of the earth <0776> might recognize <01847> the Lord’s <03068> power <02389> and so <04616> you might always obey <03372> the Lord <03068> your God <0430>.”