1 Now when all the nation had come to the other side of Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,2 Take twelve men from the people, a man for every tribe,3 And say to them, Take up from the middle of Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests were resting, twelve stones, and take them over with you and put them down in the place where you take your rest tonight.4 So Joshua sent for the twelve men, whom he had ready, one man out of every tribe of the children of Israel,5 And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel:6 So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?7 Then you will say to them, Because the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the Lord's agreement; when it went over Jordan the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones will be a sign for the children of Israel, keeping it in their memory for ever.8 So the children of Israel did as Joshua gave them orders, and took twelve stones from the middle of Jordan, as the Lord had said to Joshua, one for every tribe of the children of Israel; these they took across with them to their night's resting-place and put them down there.9 And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.10 For the priests who took up the ark kept there in the middle of Jordan till all the orders given to Joshua by Moses from the Lord had been done: then the people went over quickly.11 And when all the people had come to the other side, the ark of the Lord went over, and the priests, before the eyes of the people.12 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went over armed before the children of Israel as Moses had said to them:13 About forty thousand armed for war went over before the Lord to the fight, to the lowlands of Jericho.14 That day the Lord made Joshua great in the eyes of all Israel; and all the days of his life they went in fear of him, as they had gone in fear of Moses.15 Then the Lord said to Joshua,16 Give orders to the priests who take up the ark of witness, to come up out of Jordan.17 So Joshua gave orders to the priests, saying, Come up now out of Jordan.18 And when the priests who took up the ark of the Lord's agreement came up out of Jordan and their feet came out on to dry land, the waters of Jordan went back to their place, overflowing its edges as before.19 So on the tenth day of the first month the people came up out of Jordan, and put up their tents in Gilgal, on the east side of Jericho.20 And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua put up in Gilgal.21 And he said to the children of Israel, When your children say to their fathers in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?22 Then give your children the story, and say, Israel came over this river Jordan on dry land.23 For the Lord your God made the waters of Jordan dry before you till you had gone across, as he did to the Red Sea, drying it up before us till we had gone across:24 So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the hand of the Lord is strong; and that they may go in fear of the Lord your God for ever.

1 Quibus transgressis, dixit Dominus ad Josue : 2 Elige duodecim viros singulos per singulas tribus : 3 et prcipe eis ut tollant de medio Jordanis alveo, ubi steterunt pedes sacerdotum, duodecim durissimos lapides, quos ponetis in loco castrorum, ubi fixeritis hac nocte tentoria. 4 Vocavitque Josue duodecim viros, quos elegerat de filiis Isral, singulos de singulis tribubus, 5 et ait ad eos : Ite ante arcam Domini Dei vestri ad Jordanis medium, et portate inde singuli singulos lapides in humeris vestris, juxta numerum filiorum Isral, 6 ut sit signum inter vos : et quando interrogaverint vos filii vestri cras, dicentes : Quid sibi volunt isti lapides ? 7 respondebitis eis : Defecerunt aqu Jordanis ante arcam fderis Domini, cum transiret eum : idcirco positi sunt lapides isti in monimentum filiorum Isral usque in ternum. 8 Fecerunt ergo filii Isral sicut prcepit eis Josue, portantes de medio Jordanis alveo duodecim lapides, ut Dominus ei imperarat, juxta numerum filiorum Isral, usque ad locum in quo castrametati sunt, ibique posuerunt eos. 9 Alios quoque duodecim lapides posuit Josue in medio Jordanis alveo, ubi steterunt sacerdotes qui portabant arcam fderis : et sunt ibi usque in prsentem diem.10 Sacerdotes autem qui portabant arcam, stabant in Jordanis medio, donec omnia complerentur, qu Josue, ut loqueretur ad populum, prceperat Dominus, et dixerat ei Moyses. Festinavitque populus, et transiit. 11 Cumque transissent omnes, transivit et arca Domini, sacerdotesque pergebant ante populum. 12 Filii quoque Ruben, et Gad, et dimidia tribus Manasse, armati prcedebant filios Isral, sicut eis prceperat Moyses : 13 et quadraginta pugnatorum millia per turmas, et cuneos, incedebant per plana atque campestria urbis Jericho. 14 In die illo magnificavit Dominus Josue coram omni Isral, ut timerent eum, sicut timuerant Moysen, dum adviveret. 15 Dixitque ad eum : 16 Prcipe sacerdotibus, qui portant arcam fderis, ut ascendant de Jordane. 17 Qui prcepit eis, dicens : Ascendite de Jordane. 18 Cumque ascendissent portantes arcam fderis Domini, et siccam humum calcare cpissent, revers sunt aqu in alveum suum, et fluebant sicut ante consueverant.19 Populus autem ascendit de Jordane decimo die mensis primi, et castrametati sunt in Galgalis contra orientalem plagam urbis Jericho. 20 Duodecim quoque lapides, quos de Jordanis alveo sumpserant, posuit Josue in Galgalis, 21 et dixit ad filios Isral : Quando interrogaverint filii vestri cras patres suos, et dixerint eis : Quid sibi volunt lapides isti ? 22 docebitis eos, atque dicetis : Per arentem alveum transivit Isral Jordanem istum, 23 siccante Domino Deo vestro aquas ejus in conspectu vestro, donec transiretis, 24 sicut fecerat prius in mari Rubro, quod siccavit donec transiremus : 25 ut discant omnes terrarum populi fortissimam Domini manum, ut et vos timeatis Dominum Deum vestrum omni tempore.