Verse 5
Joshua 4:5
American Standard Version
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and Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God (Elohim) into the midst of the Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר לָ/הֶם֙ יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ עִ֠בְרוּ לִ/פְנֵ֨י אֲר֧וֹן יְהוָ֛ה אֱלֹֽהֵי/כֶ֖ם אֶל תּ֣וֹךְ הַ/יַּרְדֵּ֑ן וְ/הָרִ֨ימוּ לָ/כֶ֜ם אִ֣ישׁ אֶ֤בֶן אַחַת֙ עַל שִׁכְמ֔/וֹ לְ/מִסְפַּ֖ר שִׁבְטֵ֥י בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And Joshua said to them, "Cross before the Ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan, and let each man lift a stone upon his shoulder according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel."
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Chapter 4 Context
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And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Jehovah spake unto...
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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, out of the place where t...
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Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every trib...
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and Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God (Elohim) into the midst of t...
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that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean y...
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then ye shall say unto them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the cov...
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And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of...
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And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the pries...
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10
For the priests that bare the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished th...
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11
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of Jehovah passed over...
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12
And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over arm...
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13
about forty thousand ready armed for war passed over before Jehovah unto battle, to the plains of Je...
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14
On that day Jehovah magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared...
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15
And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,
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Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.
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Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of the Jordan.
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And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah were come up out...
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And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal...
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And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
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And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time...
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Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
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For Jehovah your God (Elohim) dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye were passe...
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that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye may fear...
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