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And it came to pass, when all the people had clean passed over the Jordan, that the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying,
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"Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
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and command ye them, saying, `Take you hence out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones; and ye shall carry them over with you and leave them in the lodging place where ye 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 unto them, "Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel,