1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of 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. 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: 5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of 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: 6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? 7 Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. 8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over. 11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. 12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them: 13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
14 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. 15 And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. 17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan. 18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. 21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? 22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: 24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
1 Kun koko kansa oli kulkenut Jordanin yli, Herra sanoi Joosualle:
4 Joosua valitsi israelilaisten joukosta kaksitoista miestä, yhden kustakin heimosta, kutsui heidät luokseen
6 Kivet ovat merkkinä teidän keskuudessanne. Kun lapsenne aikanaan kysyvät, mitä nuo kivet merkitsevät,
8 Israelilaiset noudattivat Joosuan käskyä. He ottivat Jordanin keskeltä kaksitoista kiveä, joista Herra oli puhunut Joosualle. Kiviä oli yksi kutakin Israelin heimoa kohti. He veivät kivet yöpymispaikkaansa ja asettivat ne sinne.
9 Joosua pystytti kaksitoista kiveä keskelle Jordanin uomaa sille paikalle, missä liitonarkkua kantavat papit olivat seisseet. Ne ovat siellä tänäkin päivänä.
10 Arkkua kantavat papit seisoivat paikoillaan keskellä Jordania, kunnes kaikki, mistä Herra oli antanut käskyn Joosualle, oli tehty. Näin täytettiin myös Mooseksen Joosualle antama käsky. Kansa kulki nopeasti Jordanin yli.
11 Kun kaikki muut olivat ylittäneet joen, myös Herran arkku ja papit menivät joen poikki ja asettuivat jälleen kulkemaan kansan edellä.
12 Israelilaisten kärkijoukkona kulkivat joen poikki valmiina taisteluun Ruubenin ja Gadin heimot ja puolet Manassen heimosta, kuten Mooses oli käskenyt.
13 Noin neljäkymmentätuhatta sotilasta lähti Herran liitonarkun edellä Jerikon tasangolle vihollista vastaan.
14 Sinä päivänä Herra vahvisti Joosuan aseman israelilaisten johtajana, ja he kunnioittivat Joosuaa koko hänen elämänsä ajan, kuten olivat kunnioittaneet Moosesta.
15 Herra sanoi Joosualle:
16 Käske lain arkkua kantavien pappien tulla Jordanin uomasta rannalle.
17 Joosua antoi tämän käskyn,
18 ja Herran liitonarkkua kantavat papit tulivat rannalle. Tuskin he ehtivät koskettaa jalallaan kuivaa maata, kun Jordanin vedet jälleen täyttivät uoman ja tulvivat entiseen tapaan kaikkialla yli äyräitten.
19 Israelilaiset menivät Jordanin poikki ensimmäisen kuun kymmenentenä päivänä ja leiriytyivät Gilgaliin, Jerikon itäpuolelle.
20 Joosua pystytti Jordanista otetut kaksitoista kiveä Gilgaliin.
22 Vastatkaa silloin heille: 'Israel kulki tästä Jordanin uoman poikki.
23 Herra, meidän Jumalamme, kuivasi Jordanin vedet, kuten hän oli kuivannut Kaislameren meidän tieltämme, niin että kansamme pääsi kulkemaan sen poikki.