1 وكان لما انتهى جميع الشعب من عبور الاردن ان الرب كلم يشوع قائلا.2 انتخبوا من الشعب اثني عشر رجلا. رجلا واحدا من كل سبط3 وامروهم قائلين. احملوا من هنا من وسط الاردن من موقف ارجل الكهنة راسخة اثني عشر حجرا وعبّروها معكم وضعوها في المبيت الذي تبيتون فيه الليلة4 فدعا يشوع الاثني عشر رجلا الذين عيّنهم من بني اسرائيل رجلا واحدا من كل سبط5 وقال لهم يشوع اعبروا امام تابوت الرب الهكم الى وسط الاردن وارفعوا كل رجل حجرا واحدا على كتفه حسب عدد اسباط بني اسرائيل6 لكي تكون هذه علامة في وسطكم اذا سأل غدا بنوكم قائلين ما لكم وهذه الحجارة.7 تقولون لهم ان مياه الاردن قد انفلقت امام تابوت عهد الرب. عند عبوره الاردن انفلقت مياه الاردن. فتكون هذه الحجارة تذكارا لبني اسرائيل الى الدهر.8 ففعل بنو اسرائيل هكذا كما امر يشوع وحملوا اثني عشر حجرا من وسط الاردن كما قال الرب ليشوع حسب عدد اسباط بني اسرائيل وعبّروها معهم الى المبيت ووضعوها هناك.9 ونصب يشوع اثني عشر حجرا في وسط الاردن تحت موقف ارجل الكهنة حاملي تابوت العهد وهي هناك الى هذا اليوم.10 والكهنة حاملو التابوت وقفوا في وسط الاردن حتى انتهى كل شيء امر الرب يشوع ان يكلم به الشعب حسب كل ما أمر به موسى يشوع. واسرع الشعب فعبروا.11 وكان لما انتهى كل الشعب من العبور انه عبر تابوت الرب والكهنة في حضرة الشعب.12 وعبر بنو رأوبين وبنو جاد ونصف سبط منسّى متجهزين امام بني اسرائيل كما كلمهم موسى13 نحو اربعين الفا متجردين للجند عبروا امام الرب للحرب الى عربات اريحا14 في ذلك اليوم عظّم الرب يشوع في اعين جميع اسرائيل فهابوه كما هابوا موسى كل ايام حياته15 وكلم الرب يشوع قائلا16 مر الكهنة حاملي تابوت الشهادة ان يصعدوا من الاردن.17 فامر يشوع الكهنة قائلا اصعدوا من الاردن.18 فكان لما صعد الكهنة حاملو تابوت عهد الرب من وسط الاردن واجتذبت بطون اقدام الكهنة الى اليابسة ان مياه الاردن رجعت الى مكانها وجرت كما من قبل الى كل شطوطه.19 وصعد الشعب من الاردن في اليوم العاشر من الشهر الاول وحلّوا في الجلجال في تخم اريحا الشرقي.20 والاثنا عشر حجرا التي اخذوها من الاردن نصبها يشوع في الجلجال.21 وكلم بني اسرائيل قائلا اذا سأل بنوكم غدا آباءهم قائلين ما هذه الحجارة22 تعلمون بنيكم قائلين. على اليابسة عبر اسرائيل هذا الاردن.23 لان الرب الهكم قد يبّس مياه الاردن من امامكم حتى عبرتم كما فعل الرب الهكم ببحر سوف الذي يبّسه من امامنا حتى عبرنا.24 لكي تعلم جميع شعوب الارض يد الرب انها قوية لكي تخافوا الرب الهكم كل الايام

1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,3 And command you them, saying, Take you hence out of the middle of Jordan, out of the place where the priests'feet stood firm, twelve stones, and you shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where you shall lodge this night.4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:5 And Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean you by these stones?7 Then you shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel for ever.8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the middle of Jordan, as the LORD spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this day.10 For the priests which bore the ark stood in the middle of Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hurried and passed over.11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them:13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD to battle, to the plains of Jericho.14 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.15 And the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come you up out of Jordan.18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the middle of Jordan, and the soles of the priests'feet were lifted up to the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned to their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.21 And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?22 Then you shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until you were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that you might fear the LORD your God for ever.