Joshua 4
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying:
1And when they were passed over, the Lord said to Josue:
2'Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
2Choose twelve men, one of every tribe:
3and command ye them, saying: Take you hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood, twelve stones made ready, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where ye shall lodge this night.'
3And command them to take out of the midst of the Jordan, where the feet of the priests stood, twelve very hard stones, which you shall set in the place of the camp, where you shall pitch your tents this night.
4Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man;
4And Josue called twelve men, whom he had chosen out of the children of Israel, one out of every tribe,
5and Joshua said unto them: 'Pass on before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;
5And he said to them: Go before the ark of the Lord your God to the midst of the Jordan, and carry from thence every man a stone on your shoulders, according to the number of the children of Israel,
6that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying: What mean ye by these stones?
6That it may be a sign among you and when your children shall ask you tomorrow, saying: What mean these stones?
7then ye shall say unto them: Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off; and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.'
7You shall answer them: The waters of the Jordan ran off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, when it passed over the same: therefore were these atones set for a monument of 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 the Jordan, as the LORD spoke unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
8The children of Israel therefore did as Josue commanded them, carrying out of the channel of the Jordan twelve stones, as the Lord had commanded him, according to the number of the children of Israel, unto the place wherein they camped, and there they set them.
9Joshua also set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests that bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there unto this day.
9And Josue put other twelve stones in the midst of the channel of the Jordan, where the priests stood that carried the ark of the covenant: and they are there until this present day.
10And the priests that bore the ark stood in the midst of the 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 hastened and passed over.
10Now the priests that carried the ark, stood in the midst of the Jordan till all things were accomplished which the Lord had commanded Josue to speak to the people, and Moses had said to him. And the people made haste and passed over.
11And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed on, and the priests, before the people.
11And when they had all passed over, the ark also of the Lord passed over, and the priests went before the people.
12And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed on armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke unto them;
12The children of Ruben also and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasses, went armed before the children of Israel as Moses had commanded them.
13about forty thousand ready armed for war passed on in the presence of the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
13And forty thousand fighting men by their troops, and bands, marched through the plains and fields of the city 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.
14In that day the Lord magnified Josue in the sight of all Israel, that they should fear him, as they had feared Moses, while he lived.
15And the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying:
15And he said to him:
16'Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.'
16Command the priests, that carry the ark of the covenant, to come up out of the Jordan.
17Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying: 'Come ye up out of the Jordan.'
17And he commanded them, saying: Come ye up out of the Jordan.
18And it came to pass, as the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the midst of the Jordan, as soon as the soles of the priests' feet were drawn up unto the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime.
18And when they that carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, were come up, and began to tread on the dry ground, the waters returned into the channel, and ran as they were wont before.
19And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
19And the people came up out of the Jordan, the tenth day of the first month, and camped in Galgal, over against the east side of the city of Jericho.
20And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
20And the twelve stones which they had taken out of the channel of the Jordan, Josue pitched in Galgal,
21And he spoke unto the children of Israel, saying: 'When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying: What mean these stones?
21And said to the children of Israel: When your children shall ask their fathers, tomorrow, and shall say to them: What mean these stones?
22then ye shall let your children know, saying: Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
22You shall teach them and say: Israel passed over this Jordan through the dry channel.
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 passed over,
23The Lord your God drying up the waters thereof in your sight, until you passed over:
24that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty; that ye may fear the LORD your God for ever.'
24As he had done before in the Red Sea, which he dried up till we passed through:
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25That all the people of the earth may learn the most mighty hand of the Lord, that you also may fear the Lord your God for ever.
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