1 And it came to be, when the entire nation had completely passed over the Yardĕn, that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 spoke to Yahoshua, saying,
2 “Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from every tribe,
3 and command them, saying, ‘Take for yourselves twelve stones from here, out of the midst of the Yardĕn, from the place where the kohenim’s feet stood firm. And you shall bring them with you and leave them in the camp in which you spend the night.’ ”
4 And Yahoshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the children of Yisra’ĕl, one man from every tribe,
5 and Yahoshua said to them, “Pass over before the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Elohim into the midst of the Yardĕn, and each one of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Yisra’ĕl,
6 so that this shall be a sign in your midst when your children ask in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
7 “Then you shall answer them that the waters of the Yardĕn were cut off before the ark of the Covenant of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄. When it passed over the Yardĕn, the waters of the Yardĕn were cut off. And these stones shall be for a remembrance to the children of Yisra’ĕl forever.”
8 And the children of Yisra’ĕl did so, as Yahoshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the midst of the Yardĕn, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had spoken to Yahoshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Yisra’ĕl, and took them over with them to their camp, and laid them down there.
9 Yahoshua also put up twelve stones in the midst of the Yardĕn, in the place where the feet of the kohenim who bore the ark of the Covenant stood. And they are there to this day.
10 And the kohenim who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Yardĕn until every matter was finished that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had commanded Yahoshua to speak to the people, according to all that Mosheh had commanded Yahoshua. And the people hastened and passed over.
11 And it came to be, when all the people had completely passed over, that the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 and the kohenim passed over in the presence of the people.
12 And the sons of Re’uḇĕn, and the sons of Gaḏ, and half the tribe of Menashsheh passed over armed before the children of Yisra’ĕl, as Mosheh had spoken to them.
13 About forty thousand armed ones of the army passed over before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 for battle, to the desert plains of Yeriḥo.
14 On that day 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 made Yahoshua great before the eyes of all Yisra’ĕl. And they revered him, as they had revered Mosheh, all the days of his life.
15 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 spoke to Yahoshua, saying,
16 “Command the kohenim who bear the ark of the Witness, and let them come up from the Yardĕn.”
17 And Yahoshua commanded the kohenim, saying, “Come up from the Yardĕn.”
18 And it came to be, when the kohenim who bore the ark of the Covenant of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had come from the midst of the Yardĕn, and the soles of the kohenims’ feet touched the dry land, that the waters of the Yardĕn returned to their place and flowed over all its banks as before.
19 And the people came up from the Yardĕn on the tenth day of the first month, and they camped in Gilgal on the east border of Yeriḥo.
20 And those twelve stones which they took out of the Yardĕn, Yahoshua put up in Gilgal.
21 And he said to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’
22 then you shall let your children know, saying, ‘Yisra’ĕl passed over this Yardĕn on dry land,’
23 for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Elohim dried up the waters of the Yardĕn before you until you had passed over, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Elohim did to the Sea of Reeds, which He dried up before us until we had passed over,
24 so that all the peoples of the earth shall know the hand of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, that it is strong, so that you shall revere 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Elohim forever.”