1 E sucedeu que, quando todo o povo terminou de atravessar o Jordão, o SENHOR falou a Josué, dizendo:2 Tomai doze homens do povo, um homem de cada tribo,3 e ordenai-lhes, dizendo: Tomai daqui do meio do Jordão, do lugar onde os pés dos sacerdotes permaneceram firmes, doze pedras, e carregai-as convosco, e deixai-as no alojamento, onde vos alojareis esta noite.4 Então, Josué chamou os doze homens, aos quais havia preparado dentre os filhos de Israel, um homem de cada tribo;5 e Josué lhes disse: Passai diante da arca do SENHOR, vosso Deus, para o meio do Jordão e tomai, cada um de vós, uma pedra sobre o ombro, segundo o número das tribos dos filhos de Israel;6 para que isso possa ser um sinal no meio de vós, para que quando os vossos filhos perguntarem aos pais nos tempos vindouros, dizendo: O que significam para vós estas pedras?7 Então responder-lhes-eis, que as águas do Jordão foram repartidas diante da arca do pacto do SENHOR; quando ela passou pelo Jordão, as águas do Jordão foram repartidas, e estas pedras serão para sempre um memorial para os filhos de Israel.8 E os filhos de Israel fizeram segundo Josué lhes ordenou, e tomaram doze pedras do meio do Jordão, tal como o SENHOR falara a Josué, segundo o número das tribos dos filhos de Israel, e as carregaram até o lugar onde eles se alojaram, e lá as puseram.9 E Josué posicionou doze pedras no meio do Jordão, no lugar onde os pés dos sacerdotes que carregaram a arca do pacto estiveram; e elas estão lá até este dia.10 Pois os sacerdotes que carregavam a arca ficaram no meio do Jordão, até que tudo o que o SENHOR ordenou a Josué que falasse ao povo tivesse terminado, segundo tudo o que Moisés ordenou a Josué; e o povo se apressou e atravessou.11 E sucedeu que, quando todo o povo terminou de atravessar, a arca do SENHOR atravessou, e os sacerdotes, na presença do povo.12 E atravessaram os filhos de Rúben, e os filhos de Gade, e a meia tribo de Manassés, armados diante dos filhos de Israel, tal como Moisés lhes tinha falado;13 cerca de quarenta mil, preparados para a guerra, passaram adiante do SENHOR para a batalha, nas planícies de Jericó.14 Naquele dia o SENHOR exaltou Josué à vista de todo Israel; e eles o temeram, como temeram a Moisés, todos os dias da sua vida.15 E o SENHOR falou a Josué, dizendo:16 Ordena aos sacerdotes que carregam a arca do testemunho, para que saiam do Jordão.17 Josué, portanto, ordenou aos sacerdotes, dizendo: Saiam do Jordão.18 E sucedeu que, quando os sacerdotes que carregavam a arca do pacto do SENHOR haviam subido do meio do Jordão, e as solas dos pés dos sacerdotes foram erguidas para a terra seca, as águas do Jordão retornaram para o seu lugar, e fluíram por sobre todas as suas margens, tal como faziam antes.19 E o povo subiu do Jordão no décimo dia do primeiro mês, e acampou em Gilgal, na fronteira leste de Jericó.20 E aquelas doze pedras, que eles retiraram do Jordão, Josué levantou-as em Gilgal.21 E ele falou aos filhos de Israel, dizendo: Quando os vossos filhos perguntarem aos seus pais em tempos vindouros, dizendo: O que significam estas pedras?22 Então fareis saber a vossos filhos, dizendo: Israel veio através deste Jordão em terra seca.23 Pois o SENHOR, vosso Deus, secou as águas do Jordão diante de vós, até que tivésseis atravessado, assim como o SENHOR, vosso Deus, fez no mar Vermelho, o qual ele secou diante de nós, até que o tivéssemos atravessado.24 Para que todos os povos da terra pudessem conhecer a mão do SENHOR, que é poderosa; para que vós pudésseis temer ao SENHOR, vosso Deus, para sempre.

1 And it came to pass, when all the people had completely crossed over the Jordan, that Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying:2 Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe,3 and command them, saying, Take for yourselves twelve stones from here, out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet stood firm. You shall carry them over with you and leave them in the lodging place where you lodge tonight.4 Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the children of Israel, one man from each tribe;5 and Joshua said to them: Cross over before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of the Jordan, and each one of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel,6 that this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying, What are these stones to you?7 Then you shall answer them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; when it crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. And these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel for all time.8 And the children of Israel did so, as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the midst of the Jordan, as Jehovah had spoken to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons 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 midst of the Jordan, at the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.10 Thus, the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that Jehovah had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua; and the people hurried and crossed over.11 And it came to pass, when all the people had completely crossed over, that the ark of Jehovah and the priests crossed over before the people.12 And the men of Reuben, the men of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses had spoken to them.13 About forty thousand prepared for war crossed over before Jehovah for battle, to the plains of Jericho.14 On that day Jehovah magnified Joshua in the eyes of all Israel; and they feared him, as they had feared Moses, all the days of his life.15 And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,16 Command the priests who bear the ark of the Testimony to come up out of the Jordan.17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.18 And it came to pass, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah had come from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet touched the dry land, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and overflowed all its banks as before.19 Now the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they camped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.20 And the twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal.21 And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: When your sons ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What are these stones?22 then you shall let your children know, saying, Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry land;23 for Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over,24 that all the peoples of the earth might know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty, that you may fear Jehovah your God all your days.