Joshua 4:1-7

The Twelve Stones Taken from the Jordan

4¹ 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.