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the very place where the priests are standing in the middle of the Jordan. Carry
them out and pile them up at the place where you will camp tonight.’ ”
4 So Joshua called together the twelve men he had chosen—one from each of
the tribes of Israel. 5 He told them, “Go into the middle of the Jordan, in front of
the Ark of the Lord your God. Each of you must pick up one stone and carry it
out on your shoulder—twelve stones in all, one for each of the twelve tribes of
Israel. 6 We will use these stones to build a memorial. In the future your children
will ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’ 7 Then you can tell them,
‘They remind us that
the Jordan River stopped flowing
when the Ark of
the LORD’s Covenant went across.’
These stones will stand as a memorial among the people of Israel forever.”
8 So the men did as Joshua had commanded them. They took twelve stones
from the middle of the Jordan River, one for each tribe, just as the Lord had told
Joshua. They carried them to the place where they camped for the night and constructed the memorial there.
9 Joshua also set up another pile of twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, at
the place where the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant were standing.
And they are there to this day.
10
The priests who were carrying the Ark
stood in the middle of the river
until all of the LORD’S commands that Moses had
given to Joshua were carried out.
Meanwhile, the people hurried across the riverbed. 11 And when everyone was
safely on the other side, the priests crossed over with the Ark of the Lord as the
people watched.
12 The armed warriors from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of
Manasseh led the Israelites across the Jordan, just as Moses had directed. 13 These
armed men—about 40,000 strong—were ready for battle, and the Lord was
with them as they crossed over to the plains of Jericho.
14
That day the LORD made Joshua
a great leaderin the eyes of all the Israelites,
and for the rest of his life they revered him
as much as they had revered Moses.
After
Joshua
spoke to the
people,
the seven
priests with
the
rams’
horns
started
marching
in the
presence
of the LORD,
blowing the
horns
as they
marched.
J o s h u a 6:8
