<p class="bodytext">Joshua told the people, &#8220;Ritually consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the <sc>Lordsc> will perform miraculous deeds among you.&#8221;

The stones<n id="1" /> will be a reminder to you.<n id="2" /> When your children ask someday, &#8216;Why are these stones important to you?&#8217;

Joshua said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel.&#8221;p>

Joshua continued,<n id="1" /> &#8220;This is how you will know the living God is among you and that he will truly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" /> Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land<n id="2" /> east of the Jordan which Moses the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servant assigned them.&#8221;p>