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| [1]And it cometh to pass, when all the nation hath completed to pass over the Jordan, that Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying, |
[1]And when all the people were wholly gone over Jordan, (after the Lord had spoken unto Joshua, saying, |
| [2]`Take for you out of the people twelve men, one man -- one man out of a tribe; |
[2]Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, |
| [3]and command ye them, saying, Take up for you from this [place], from the midst of the Jordan, from the established standing-place of the feet of the priests, twelve stones, and ye have removed them over with you, and placed them in the lodging-place in which ye lodge to-night.' |
[3]And command you them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests stood in a readiness, twelve stones, which ye shall take away with you, and leave them in the lodging where you shall lodge this night) |
| [4]And Joshua calleth unto the twelve men whom he prepared out of the sons of Israel, one man -- one man out of a tribe; |
[4]Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man, |
| [5]and Joshua saith to them, `Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God unto the midst of the Jordan and lift up for you each, one stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, |
[5]And Joshua said unto them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God, even through the midst of Jordan, and take up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, |
| [6]so that this is a sign in your midst, when your children ask hereafter, saying, What [are] these stones to you? |
[6]That this may be a sign among you, that when your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean you by these stones? |
| [7]that ye have said to them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off, at the presence of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; in its passing over into the Jordan were the waters of the Jordan cut off; and these stones have been for a memorial to the sons of Israel -- to the age.' |
[7]Then ye may answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord: for when it passed through Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: therefore these stones are a memorial unto the children of Israel forever. |
| [8]And the sons of Israel do so as Joshua commanded, and take up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Jehovah hath spoken unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, and remove them over with them unto the lodging-place, and place them there, |
[8]Then the children of Israel did even so as Joshua had commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan as the Lord had said unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them away with them unto the lodging, and laid them down there. |
| [9]even the twelve stones hath Joshua raised up out of the midst of the Jordan, the place of the standing of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant, and they are there unto this day. |
[9]And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests, which bear the ark of the covenant stood, and there have they continued unto this day. |
| [10]And the priests bearing the ark are standing in the midst of the Jordan till the completion of the whole thing which Jehovah commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua, and the people haste and pass over. |
[10]So the priests, which bear the ark, stood in the midst of Jordan, until everything was finished that the Lord had commanded Joshua to say unto the people, according to all that Moses charged Joshua: then the people hasted and went over. |
| [11]And it cometh to pass when all the people have completed to pass over, that the ark of Jehovah passeth over, and the priests, in the presence of the people; |
[11]When all the people were clean passed over, the ark of the Lord went over also, and the priests before the people. |
| [12]and the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, pass over, by fifties, before the sons of Israel, as Moses had spoken unto them; |
[12]And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh went over before the children of Israel armed, as Moses had charged them. |
| [13]about forty thousand, armed ones of the host, passed over before Jehovah for battle, unto the plains of Jericho. |
[13]Even forty thousand prepared for war, went before the Lord unto battle, into the plain of Jericho. |
| [14]On that day hath Jehovah made Joshua great in the eyes of all Israel, and they reverence him, as they reverenced Moses, all days of his life. |
[14]That day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they feared him, as they feared Moses all days of his life. |
| [15]And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying, |
[15]And the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying, |
| [16]`Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony, and they come up out of the Jordan.' |
[16]Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, to come up out of Jordan. |
| [17]And Joshua commandeth the priests, saying, `Come ye up out of the Jordan.' |
[17]Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan. |
| [18]And it cometh to pass, in the coming up of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the midst of the Jordan -- the soles of the feet of the priests have been drawn up into the dry ground -- and the waters of the Jordan turn back to their place, and go as heretofore over all its banks. |
[18]And when the priests that bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and as soon as the soles of the priest's feet were set on the dry land, the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all the banks thereof, as they did before. |
| [19]And the people have come up out of the Jordan on the tenth of the first month, and encamp in Gilgal, in the extremity east of Jericho; |
[19]So the people came up out of Jordan the tenth day of the first month, and pitched in Gilgal, in the eastside of Jericho. |
| [20]and these twelve stones, which they have taken out of the Jordan, hath Joshua raised up in Gilgal. |
[20]Also the twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. |
| [21]And he speaketh unto the sons of Israel, saying, `When your sons ask their fathers hereafter, saying, What [are] these stones? |
[21]And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, and say, What mean these stones? |
| [22]then ye have caused your sons to know, saying, On dry land Israel passed over this Jordan; |
[22]Then ye shall show your children, and say, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land: |
| [23]because Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan at your presence, till your passing over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea which He dried up at our presence till our passing over; |
[23]For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan before you, until ye were gone over, as the Lord your God did the Red Sea, which he dried up before us, till we were gone over, |
| [24]so that all the people of the land do know the hand of Jehovah that it [is] strong, so that ye have reverenced Jehovah your God all the days.' |
[24]That all the people of the world may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, that ye might fear the Lord your God continually. |