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1 And when they were passed over, the Lord said to Josue:
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When the entire nation had finished crossing over the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua:
2 Choose twelve men, one of every tribe:
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"Select twelve men from the people, one from each tribe,
3 And 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.
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and command them, "Take twelve stones from here out of the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet stood, carry them over with you, and lay them down in the place where you camp tonight.' "
4 And Josue called twelve men, whom he had chosen out of the children of Israel, one out of every tribe,
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Then Joshua summoned the twelve men from the Israelites, whom he had appointed, one from each tribe.
5 And 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,
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Joshua said to them, "Pass on before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you take up a stone on his shoulder, one for each of the tribes of the Israelites,
6 That it may be a sign among you: and when your children shall ask you tomorrow, saying: What means these stones?
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so that this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in time to come, "What do those stones mean to you?'
7 You 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 stones set for a monument of the children of Israel forever.
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then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off in front of the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the Israelites a memorial forever."
8 The 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.
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The Israelites did as Joshua commanded. They took up twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord told Joshua, carried them over with them to the place where they camped, and laid them down there.
9 And 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.
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(Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant had stood; and they are there to this day.)
10 Now 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.
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The priests who bore the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan, until everything was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to tell the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people crossed over in haste.
11 And when they had all passed over, the ark also of the Lord passed over, and the priests went before the people.
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As soon as all the people had finished crossing over, the ark of the Lord, and the priests, crossed over in front of the people.
12 The children of Ruben also, and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasses, went armed before the children of Israel, as Moses had commanded them.
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The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed before the Israelites, as Moses had ordered them.
13 And forty thousand fighting men by their troops and bands, marched through the plains and fields of the city of Jericho.
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About forty thousand armed for war crossed over before the Lord to the plains of Jericho for battle.
14 In 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.
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On that day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they stood in awe of him, as they had stood in awe of Moses, all the days of his life.
15 And he said to him:
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The Lord said to Joshua,
16 Command the priests, that carry the ark of the covenant, to come up out of the Jordan.
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"Command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, to come up out of the Jordan."
17 And he commanded them, saying: Come ye up out of the Jordan.
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Joshua therefore commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."
18 And 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 their channel, and ran as they were wont before.
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When the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord came up from the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet touched dry ground, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and overflowed all its banks, as before.
19 And 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.
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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.
20 And the twelve stones, which they had taken out of the channel of the Jordan, Josue pitched in Galgal,
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Those twelve stones, which they had taken out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal,
21 And said to the children of Israel: When your children shall ask their fathers tomorrow, and shall say to them: What mean these stones?
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saying to the Israelites, "When your children ask their parents in time to come, "What do these stones mean?'
22 You shall teach them, and say: Israel passed over this Jordan through the dry channel,
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then you shall let your children know, "Israel crossed over the Jordan here on dry ground.'
23 The Lord your God drying up the waters thereof in your sight, until you passed over: (4-24) As he had done before in the Red Sea, which he dried up till we passed through:
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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,
24 (4-25) That 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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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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