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It happened, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
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Take twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
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and command you them, saying, Take hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where you shall lodge this night.
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Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
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and Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of Yahweh your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up every man of you a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;