Joshua 4:1-5

Israel Commemorates the Crossing

4:1 When the entire nation was on the other side, ¹  the Lord told Joshua, 4:2 “Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe. 4:3 Instruct them, ‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests ²  stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”

4:4 Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe. 4:5 Joshua told them, “Go in front of the ark of the Lord your God to the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to put a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the Israelite tribes.

[4:1]  ¹ tn Heb “And when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.”

[4:3]  ² tn Heb “the feet of the priests.”