And it came to pass, when all the people <H1471> were clean <H8552> passed over <H5674> Jordan, <H3383> that the LORD <H3068> spake <H0559> unto Joshua, <H3091> saying, <H0559>
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Take <H3947> you twelve <H8147> <H6240> men <H0582> out of the people, <H5971> out of every <H0259> <H0376> tribe <H7626> a <H0259> man, <H0376>
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And command <H6680> ye them, saying, <H0559> Take <H5375> you hence out of the midst <H8432> of Jordan, <H3383> out of the place where the priests' <H3548> feet <H7272> stood <H4673> firm, <H3559> twelve <H8147> <H6240> stones, <H0068> and ye shall carry them over <H5674> with you, and leave <H3240> them in the lodging place, <H4411> where ye shall lodge <H3885> this night. <H3915>
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Then Joshua <H3091> called <H7121> the twelve <H8147> <H6240> men, <H0376> whom he had prepared <H3559> of the children <H1121> of Israel, <H3478> out of every <H0259> <H0376> tribe <H7626> a <H0259> man: <H0376>
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And Joshua <H3091> said <H0559> unto them, Pass over <H5674> before <H6440> the ark <H0727> of the LORD <H3068> your God <H0430> into the midst <H8432> of Jordan, <H3383> and take you up <H7311> every man <H0376> of you a <H0259> stone <H0068> upon his shoulder, <H7926> according unto the number <H4557> of the tribes <H7626> of the children <H1121> of Israel: <H3478>
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That this may be a sign <H0226> among <H7130> you, [that] when your children <H1121> ask <H7592> [their fathers] in time to come, <H4279> saying, <H0559> What [mean] ye by these stones? <H0068>
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Then ye shall answer <H0559> them, That the waters <H4325> of Jordan <H3383> were cut off <H3772> before <H6440> the ark <H0727> of the covenant <H1285> of the LORD; <H3068> when it passed over <H5674> Jordan, <H3383> the waters <H4325> of Jordan <H3383> were cut off: <H3772> and these stones <H0068> shall be for a memorial <H2146> unto the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> for <H5704> ever. <H5769>
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And the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> did <H6213> so as Joshua <H3091> commanded, <H6680> and took up <H5375> twelve <H8147> <H6240> stones <H0068> out of the midst <H8432> of Jordan, <H3383> as the LORD <H3068> spake <H1696> unto Joshua, <H3091> according to the number <H4557> of the tribes <H7626> of the children <H1121> of Israel, <H3478> and carried them over <H5674> with them unto the place where they lodged, <H4411> and laid them down <H3240> there.
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And Joshua <H3091> set up <H6965> twelve <H8147> <H6240> stones <H0068> in the midst <H8432> of Jordan, <H3383> in the place where the feet <H7272> of the priests <H3548> which bare <H5375> the ark <H0727> of the covenant <H1285> stood: <H4673> and they are there unto this day. <H3117>
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For the priests <H3548> which bare <H5375> the ark <H0727> stood <H5975> in the midst <H8432> of Jordan, <H3383> until everything <H1697> was finished <H8552> that the LORD <H3068> commanded <H6680> Joshua <H3091> to speak <H1696> unto the people, <H5971> according to all that Moses <H4872> commanded <H6680> Joshua: <H3091> and the people <H5971> hasted <H4116> and passed over. <H5674>
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And it came to pass, when all the people <H5971> were clean <H8552> passed over, <H5674> that the ark <H0727> of the LORD <H3068> passed over, <H5674> and the priests, <H3548> in the presence <H6440> of the people. <H5971>
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And the children <H1121> of Reuben, <H7205> and the children <H1121> of Gad, <H1410> and half <H2677> the tribe <H7626> of Manasseh, <H4519> passed over <H5674> armed <H2571> before <H6440> the children <H1121> of Israel, <H3478> as Moses <H4872> spake <H1696> unto them:
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About forty <H0705> thousand <H0505> prepared <H2502> for war <H6635> passed over <H5674> before <H6440> the LORD <H3068> unto battle, <H4421> to the plains <H6160> of Jericho. <H3405>
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On that day <H3117> the LORD <H3068> magnified <H1431> Joshua <H3091> in the sight <H5869> of all Israel; <H3478> and they feared <H3372> him, as they feared <H3372> Moses, <H4872> all the days <H3117> of his life. <H2416>
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And the LORD <H3068> spake <H0559> unto Joshua, <H3091> saying, <H0559>
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Command <H6680> the priests <H3548> that bear <H5375> the ark <H0727> of the testimony, <H5715> that they come up <H5927> out of Jordan. <H3383>
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Joshua <H3091> therefore commanded <H6680> the priests, <H3548> saying, <H0559> Come ye up <H5927> out of Jordan. <H3383>
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And it came to pass, when the priests <H3548> that bare <H5375> the ark <H0727> of the covenant <H1285> of the LORD <H3068> were come up <H5927> out of the midst <H8432> of Jordan, <H3383> [and] the soles <H3709> of the priests' <H3548> feet <H7272> were lifted up <H5423> unto the dry land, <H2724> that the waters <H4325> of Jordan <H3383> returned <H7725> unto their place, <H4725> and flowed <H3212> over all his banks, <H1415> as <H8543> [they did] before. <H8032>
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And the people <H5971> came up <H5927> out of Jordan <H3383> on the tenth <H6218> [day] of the first <H7223> month, <H2320> and encamped <H2583> in Gilgal, <H1537> in the east <H4217> border <H7097> of Jericho. <H3405>
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And those twelve <H8147> <H6240> stones, <H0068> which they took <H3947> out of Jordan, <H3383> did Joshua <H3091> pitch <H6965> in Gilgal. <H1537>
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And he spake <H0559> unto the children <H1121> of Israel, <H3478> saying, <H0559> When your children <H1121> shall ask <H7592> their fathers <H0001> in time to come, <H4279> saying, <H0559> What [mean] these stones? <H0068>
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Then ye shall let your children <H1121> know, <H3045> saying, <H0559> Israel <H3478> came over <H5674> this Jordan <H3383> on dry land. <H3004>
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For the LORD <H3068> your God <H0430> dried up <H3001> the waters <H4325> of Jordan <H3383> from before <H6440> you, until ye were passed over, <H5674> as the LORD <H3068> your God <H0430> did <H6213> to the Red <H5488> sea, <H3220> which he dried up <H3001> from before <H6440> us, until we were gone over: <H5674>
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That all the people <H5971> of the earth <H0776> might know <H3045> the hand <H3027> of the LORD, <H3068> that it [is] mighty: <H2389> that ye might fear <H3372> the LORD <H3068> your God <H0430> for ever. <H3605> <H3117>