Twelve Stones from the Jordan 1 ULT And it happened, when all of the nation had finished crossing over the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, BSB BSB: When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,
2 ULT “Take 12 men for yourselves from the people, one man, one man from a tribe, BSB BSB: “Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,
3 ULT and command them, saying:‘Lift up for yourselves from here, from the midst of the Jordan, from the firm standing place of the feet of the priests, 12 stones. And you shall bring them over with you and you shall leave them in the lodging place in which you will lodge tonight.’” BSB BSB: and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”
4 ULT So Joshua called to the 12 men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man, one man from a tribe. BSB BSB: So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,
5 ULT And Joshua said to them,“Cross over to the face of the Box of Yahweh your God into the midst of the Jordan. And lift up for yourselves, a man one stone, upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, BSB BSB: and said to them, “Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of Israel,
6 ULT so that this will be a sign in your midst. When your sons ask tomorrow, saying,‘What{ are} these stones to you?’ BSB BSB: to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
7 ULT then you shall say to them,‘Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off from the face of the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh. In its crossing over in the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.’ And these stones will be for a memorial to the sons of Israel forever.” BSB BSB: you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.”
8 ULT And the sons of Israel did so, just as Joshua commanded. And they lifted up 12 stones from the midst of the Jordan, just as Yahweh had said to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel. And they brought them over with them to the lodging place and they left them there. BSB BSB: Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.
9 ULT And Joshua set up 12 stones in the midst of the Jordan, under the standing place of the feet of the priests, the carriers of the Box of the Covenant. And they are there to this day. BSB BSB: Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.
10 ULT And the priests, the carriers of the Box, stood in the midst of the Jordan until the finishing of all of the thing that Yahweh had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all of what Moses had commanded Joshua. And the people hurried and crossed over. BSB BSB: Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until the people had completed everything the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell them, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried across,
11 ULT And it happened, when all of the people had finished crossing over, that the Box of Yahweh and the priests crossed over to the face of the people. BSB BSB: and after everyone had finished crossing, the priests with the ark of the LORD crossed in the sight of the people.
12 ULT And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed to the face of the sons of Israel, just as Moses had spoken to them. BSB BSB: The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them.
13 ULT About 40, 000 equipped{ ones} of the army crossed over to the face of Yahweh to the plains of Jericho for battle. BSB BSB: About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.
14 ULT On that day Yahweh made Joshua great in the eyes of all of Israel, and they feared him just as they had feared Moses all of the days of his life. BSB BSB: On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him all the days of his life, just as they had revered Moses.
15 ULT And Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Joshua,
16 ULT “Command the priests, the carriers of the Box of the Testimony, and they shall come up from the Jordan.” BSB BSB: “Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.”
17 ULT And Joshua commanded the priests, saying,“Come up from the Jordan.” BSB BSB: So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up from the Jordan.”
18 ULT And it happened that when the priests, the carriers of the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh, came up from the midst of the Jordan,{ when} the soles of the feet of the priests were lifted up to dry ground, then the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and went over all of its banks, as yesterday and the third day. BSB BSB: When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.
The Camp at Gilgal 19 ULT Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth{ day} of the first month. And they camped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho. BSB BSB: On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
20 ULT And those 12 stones that they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal. BSB BSB: And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.
21 ULT And he spoke to the sons of Israel, saying,“When your sons ask their fathers tomorrow, saying,‘What are these stones?’ BSB BSB: Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’
22 ULT then you shall cause your sons to know, saying,‘Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry ground.’ BSB BSB: you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’
23 ULT For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from your faces until you crossed over, just as Yahweh your God did to the Sea of Reeds, which he dried up before us until we had crossed over, BSB BSB: For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.
24 ULT so that all of the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Yahweh, that it is mighty, so that you will fear Yahweh your God all of the days.” BSB BSB: He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.”
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