Joshua 4:1–8

And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed ^aover Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying, ^2bTake you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, ³And command you them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where ^cthe priests’ feet stood firm, ^dtwelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in ^ethe lodging place, where you shall lodge this night. ⁴Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: ⁵And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: ⁶That this may be a sign among you, that ^fwhen your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean you by these stones? ⁷Then ye shall answer them, That ^gthe 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 ^ha memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. ⁸And 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.