So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. ] Trees which grew upon the banks of it, to build their house with, at least for the rafters and flooring of it, supposing the walls to be built of stone.
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Let us go, we pray thee, unto the Jordan, and each one take a beam from there, and let us make us a place there where we may dwell. And he answered, Go.
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And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy slaves. And he answered, I will go.
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So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down the wood.
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But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water, and he cried and said, Alas, master! It was borrowed.
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And the man of God said, Where did it fall? And he showed him the place. Then he cut down a stick and cast it in there and caused the iron to swim.