And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the placewhere the priests’feetstoodfirm, twelvestones, and ye shallcarrythemoverwith you, and leavethem in the lodgingplace, where ye shalllodgethisnight.
And Joshuasaiduntothem, Passoverbefore the ark of the LORDyour God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stoneupon his shoulder, accordingunto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
Then ye shallanswerthem, That the waters of Jordanwere cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passedoverJordan, the waters of Jordanwere cut off: and thesestonesshall be for a memorialunto the children of Israel for ever.
And the children of Israel did so as Joshuacommanded, and took up twelvestones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORDspakeuntoJoshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carriedthemoverwiththemunto the placewheretheylodged, and laidthemdownthere.
And Joshua set up twelvestones in the midst of Jordan, in the placewhere the feet of the priestswhichbare the ark of the covenantstood: and they are thereuntothis day.
For the priestswhichbare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, untileverything was finishedthat the LORDcommandedJoshua to speakunto the people, according to all thatMosescommandedJoshua: and the peoplehasted and passedover.
And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passedoverarmedbefore the children of Israel, as Mosesspakeuntothem:
And it came to pass, when the prieststhatbare the ark of the covenant of the LORDwerecome up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’feetwerelifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordanreturneduntotheirplace, and flowedover all his banks, as they did before.
For the LORDyour God dried up the waters of Jordanfrombefore you, until ye werepassedover, as the LORDyour God did to the Red sea, which he dried up frombefore us, until we weregoneover: