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19 The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they camped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.
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On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
20 Those twelve stones, which they had taken out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal,
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And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan.
21 saying to the Israelites, "When your children ask their parents in time to come, "What do these stones mean?'
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He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’
22 then you shall let your children know, "Israel crossed over the Jordan here on dry ground.'
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tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’
23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you crossed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up for us until we crossed over,
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For the LORD your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The LORD your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over.
24 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, and so that you may fear the Lord your God forever."
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He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the LORD is powerful and so that you might always fear the LORD your God.”
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