Joshua 4:1-24
Joshua 4:1-24 (Good News Translation)
1When the whole nation had crossed the Jordan, the
LORD said to Joshua,
2"Choose twelve men, one from each tribe,
3and command them to take twelve stones out of the middle of
the Jordan, from the very place where the priests were standing. Tell them
to carry these stones with them and to put them down where you camp
tonight.
"
4Then Joshua called the twelve men he had chosen,
5and he told them,
"Go into the Jordan ahead of the Covenant Box of the
LORD your God. Each one of you take a stone on your shoulder,
one for each of the tribes of Israel.
6These stones will remind the people of what the
LORD has done. In the future, when your children ask what these
stones mean to you,
7you will tell them that the water of the Jordan stopped
flowing when the
LORD's Covenant Box crossed the river. These stones will always
remind the people of Israel of what happened here.
"
8The men followed Joshua's orders. As the
LORD had commanded Joshua, they took twelve stones from the
middle of the Jordan, one for each of the tribes of Israel, carried them
to the camping place, and put them down there.
9Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan,
where the priests carrying the Covenant Box had stood. (Those stones are
still there.)
10The priests stood in the middle of the Jordan until
everything had been done that the
LORD ordered Joshua to tell the people to do. This is what Moses
had commanded.
The people hurried across the river.
11When they were all on the other side, the priests with the
LORD's Covenant Box went on ahead of the people.
12The men of the tribes of Reuben and Gad and of half the tribe
of Manasseh, ready for battle, crossed ahead of the rest of the people, as
Moses had told them to do.
13In the presence of the
LORD about forty thousand men ready for war crossed over to the
plain near Jericho.
14What the
LORD did that day made the people of Israel consider Joshua a
great man. They honored him all his life, just as they had honored Moses.
15Then the
LORD told Joshua
16to command the priests carrying the Covenant Box to come up
out of the Jordan.
17Joshua did so,
18and when the priests reached the riverbank, the river began
flowing once more and flooded its banks again.
19The people crossed the Jordan on the tenth day of the first
month and camped at Gilgal, east of Jericho.
20There Joshua set up the twelve stones taken from the Jordan.
21And he said to the people of Israel,
"In the future, when your children ask you what these stones
mean,
22you will tell them about the time when Israel crossed the
Jordan on dry ground.
23Tell them that the
LORD your God dried up the water of the Jordan for you until you
had crossed, just as he dried up the Red Sea for us.
24Because of this everyone on earth will know how great the
LORD's power is, and you will honor the
LORD your God forever.
"
God bless you.
1When the whole nation had crossed the Jordan, the
LORD said to Joshua,
2"Choose twelve men, one from each tribe,
3and command them to take twelve stones out of the middle of
the Jordan, from the very place where the priests were standing. Tell them
to carry these stones with them and to put them down where you camp
tonight.
"
4Then Joshua called the twelve men he had chosen,
5and he told them,
"Go into the Jordan ahead of the Covenant Box of the
LORD your God. Each one of you take a stone on your shoulder,
one for each of the tribes of Israel.
6These stones will remind the people of what the
LORD has done. In the future, when your children ask what these
stones mean to you,
7you will tell them that the water of the Jordan stopped
flowing when the
LORD's Covenant Box crossed the river. These stones will always
remind the people of Israel of what happened here.
"
8The men followed Joshua's orders. As the
LORD had commanded Joshua, they took twelve stones from the
middle of the Jordan, one for each of the tribes of Israel, carried them
to the camping place, and put them down there.
9Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan,
where the priests carrying the Covenant Box had stood. (Those stones are
still there.)
10The priests stood in the middle of the Jordan until
everything had been done that the
LORD ordered Joshua to tell the people to do. This is what Moses
had commanded.
The people hurried across the river.
11When they were all on the other side, the priests with the
LORD's Covenant Box went on ahead of the people.
12The men of the tribes of Reuben and Gad and of half the tribe
of Manasseh, ready for battle, crossed ahead of the rest of the people, as
Moses had told them to do.
13In the presence of the
LORD about forty thousand men ready for war crossed over to the
plain near Jericho.
14What the
LORD did that day made the people of Israel consider Joshua a
great man. They honored him all his life, just as they had honored Moses.
15Then the
LORD told Joshua
16to command the priests carrying the Covenant Box to come up
out of the Jordan.
17Joshua did so,
18and when the priests reached the riverbank, the river began
flowing once more and flooded its banks again.
19The people crossed the Jordan on the tenth day of the first
month and camped at Gilgal, east of Jericho.
20There Joshua set up the twelve stones taken from the Jordan.
21And he said to the people of Israel,
"In the future, when your children ask you what these stones
mean,
22you will tell them about the time when Israel crossed the
Jordan on dry ground.
23Tell them that the
LORD your God dried up the water of the Jordan for you until you
had crossed, just as he dried up the Red Sea for us.
24Because of this everyone on earth will know how great the
LORD's power is, and you will honor the
LORD your God forever.
"
God bless you.
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