Joshua instructed the leaders of the people:

The Lord told Joshua,

The Lord instructed Joshua:

He told the Israelites, “When your children someday ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones represent?’

Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said to them, “Why did you trick us by saying, ‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby?

We swear we have done this because we were worried that in the future your descendants would say to our descendants, ‘What relationship do you have with the Lord God of Israel?

Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh:

So Joshua instructed the priests, “Come up from the Jordan!”

explain to your children, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.’

Joshua was told, “The five kings have been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”

After Moses the Lord’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:

They told Joshua, “We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.

The king of Jericho received this report: “Note well! Israelite men have come here tonight to spy on the land.”

Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, ‘When you reach the bank of the Jordan River, wade into the water.’”

When the entire nation was on the other side, the Lord told Joshua,

The stones will be a reminder to you. When your children ask someday, ‘Why are these stones important to you?’

He told them, “Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!

“Have the Israelites select the cities of refuge that I told you about through Moses.

in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, “The Lord told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.”

They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them: