Joshua 4:1–7

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 ye 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 ye 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 ye 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.