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And it came to pass, when all the people[H1471] were clean[H8552] passed over[H5674]Jordan[H3383], that the LORD[H3068]spake[H559] unto Joshua[H3091], saying[H559],
2Take[H3947] you twelve[H8147]men[H582] out of the people[H5971], out of every[H259]tribe[H7626] a man[H376],
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And command[H6680] ye them, saying[H559], Take[H5375] you hence out of the midst[H8432] of Jordan[H3383], out of the place[H4411] where the priests[H3548]' feet[H7272]stood[H4673]firm[H3559], twelve[H8147]stones[H68], 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]men[H376], whom he had prepared[H3559] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], out of every[H259]tribe[H7626] a man[H376]:
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And Joshua[H3091]said[H559] unto them, Pass over[H5674]before[H6440] the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] into the midst[H8432] of Jordan[H3383], and take ye up[H7311]every[H259]man[H376] of you a stone[H68] 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[H226]among[H7130] you, that when your children[H1121]ask[H7592] their fathers in time to come[H4279], saying[H559], What mean ye by these stones?[H68]
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Then ye shall answer[H559] them, That the waters[H4325] of Jordan[H3383] were cut off[H3772]before[H6440] the ark[H727] 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[H68] shall be for[H5704] 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]stones[H68] 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]stones[H68] in the midst[H8432] of Jordan[H3383], in the place where the feet[H7272] of the priests[H3548] which bare[H5375] the ark[H727] 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[H727]stood[H5975] in the midst[H8432] of Jordan[H3383], until every thing[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[H727] 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[H705]thousand[H505]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[H559] unto Joshua[H3091], saying[H559],
16Command[H6680] the priests[H3548] that bear[H5375] the ark[H727] of the testimony[H5715], that they come up[H5927] out of Jordan[H3383].
17Joshua[H3091] therefore commanded[H6680] the priests[H3548], saying[H559], 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[H727] 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]stones[H68], which they took out[H3947] of Jordan[H3383], did Joshua[H3091]pitch[H6965] in Gilgal[H1537].
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And he spake[H559] unto the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], saying[H559], When your children[H1121] shall ask[H7592] their fathers[H1] in time to come[H4279], saying[H559], What mean these stones?[H68]
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Then ye shall let your children[H1121]know[H3045], saying[H559], Israel[H3478] came over[H5674] this Jordan[H3383] on dry land[H3004].
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For the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] 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[H430]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[H776] 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[H430] for ever[H3117].