4When the whole nation had crossed the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, ²“Choose twelve men, one from each tribe, ³and command them to take twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests were standing. Tell them to carry these stones with them and to put them down where you camp tonight.”

⁴Then Joshua called the twelve men he had chosen, ⁵and said, “Go into the Jordan ahead of the Covenant Box of the Lord your God. Each one of you take a stone on your shoulder, one for each of the tribes of Israel. ⁶These stones will remind the people of what the Lord has done. In the future, when your children ask what these stones mean to you, ⁷you will tell them that the water of the Jordan stopped flowing when the Lord’s Covenant Box crossed the river. These stones will always remind the people of Israel of what happened here.”

⁸The men followed Joshua’s orders. As the Lord had commanded Joshua, they took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each of the tribes of Israel, carried them to the camping place, and put them down there.

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