1So, when everyone was totally across the Jordan, the Lord hit up Joshua and said,

2"Grab twelve homies from the crew, one from each tribe, no cap,"

3"And tell them to scoop up twelve stones from where the priests stood strong in Jordan, then carry them with you to the spot where you’re crashing tonight."

4Then Joshua called the twelve guys he prepped from the Israelites, one from each tribe, like,

5"Yo, pass over in front of the Lord’s ark and each one of you grab a stone on your shoulder, matching the number of tribes."

6"This will be a sign for you, so when your kids ask about these stones later, you can tell them,"

7"The waters of Jordan got cut off before the Lord’s covenant ark; when it crossed, the waters were gone, and these stones are a forever memorial for Israel."

8And the Israelites did exactly what Joshua said, snagging twelve stones from Jordan, just as the Lord told Joshua, and carried them to where they were staying, laying them down there.

9Joshua set up twelve stones right in the Jordan, where the priests who carried the ark stood, and they’re still there today, fr.

10The priests holding the ark stood in the Jordan until everything the Lord told Joshua to say was done, just like Moses instructed him, and the people rushed across.

11When everyone was finally over, the ark of the Lord crossed too, with the priests in front of the crowd.

12The Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed, just as Moses told them to.

13Around forty thousand prepped for battle crossed before the Lord to the plains of Jericho, straight up.

14That day, the Lord made Joshua look super lit in front of all Israel; they respected him like they did Moses, all his life.

15Then the Lord hollered at Joshua, saying,

16"Tell the priests carrying the ark of the testimony to come up outta Jordan."

17So Joshua told the priests, "Yo, come up out of Jordan."

18And when the priests carrying the Lord’s covenant ark stepped up from the Jordan and hit dry land, the waters went back to where they were, flooding over all the banks like before.

19The people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped in Gilgal, on the east side of Jericho.

20Those twelve stones they took from Jordan? Joshua set them up in Gilgal.

21He told the Israelites, "When your kids ask their dads later, 'What’s up with these stones?'

22You gotta tell them, 'Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry land.'"

23"For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan before you until you crossed, just like He did with the Red Sea, which He dried up for us to pass."

24"So that everyone on earth will know the Lord’s hand is mighty, and you can respect the Lord your God forever."

1And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,

2Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

3And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

4Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

5And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

6That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

7Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

8And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

9And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

10For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.

11And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.

12And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:

13About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

14On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

15And the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,

16Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.

17Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.

18And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.

19And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

20And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

21And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

22Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

23For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:

24That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever.