1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Joshua 4

1 Twelve men are appointed to take twelve stones for a memorial out of Jordan. 9 Twelve other stones are set up in the midst of Jordan. 10, 19 The people pass over. 14 God magnifieth Joshua. 20 The twelve stones are pitched in Gilgal.

 4:1 Now when 3512c all 3605 the nation 1471 had finished 8552 crossing 5674a the Jordan 3383, the LORD 3068 spoke 559 to Joshua 3091, saying 559,

 4:2 “Take 3947 for yourselves twelve 8147 6240 men 376 from the people 5971a, one 259 man 376 from each 376 259 tribe 7626,

 4:3 and command 6680 them, saying 559, ‘Take 5375 up for yourselves twelve 8147 6240 stones 68 from here 2088 out of the middle 8432 of the Jordan 3383, from the place 4673 where 4673 the priests’ 3548 feet 7272 are standing 4673 firm 3559, and carry 5674a them over 5674a with you and lay 5117 them down 5117 in the lodging 4411 place 4411 where 4673 you will lodge 3885a tonight 3915.’”

 4:4 So Joshua 3091 called 7121 the twelve 8147 6240 men 376 whom 834 he had appointed 3559 from the sons 1121 of Israel 3478, one 259 man 376 from each 376 259 tribe 7626;

 4:5 and Joshua 3091 said 559 to them, “Cross 5674a again 6440 to the ark 727 of the LORD 3068 your God 430 into the middle 8432 of the Jordan 3383, and each 376 of you take 7311 up a stone 68 on his shoulder 7926, according to the number 4557 of the tribes 7626 of the sons 1121 of Israel 3478.

 4:6 “Let this 2088 be a sign 226 among 7130 you, so that when your children 1121 ask 7592 later 4279, saying 559, ‘What 4100 do these 428 stones 68 mean to you?’

 4:7 then you shall say 559 to them, ‘Because 834 the waters 4325 of the Jordan 3383 were cut 3772 off 3772 before 4480 6440 the ark 727 of the covenant 1285 of the LORD 3068; when it crossed 5674a the Jordan 3383, the waters 4325 of the Jordan 3383 were cut 3772 off 3772.’ So these 428 stones 68 shall become 1961 a memorial 2146 to the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 forever 5704 5769.”

 4:8 ¶ Thus 3651 the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 did 6213a as Joshua 3091 commanded 6680, and took 5375 up twelve 8147 6240 stones 68 from the middle 8432 of the Jordan 3383, just 3512c as the LORD 3068 spoke 1696 to Joshua 3091, according to the number 4557 of the tribes 7626 of the sons 1121 of Israel 3478; and they carried 5674a them over 5674a with them to the lodging 4411 place 4411 and put 5117 them down 5117 there 8033.

 4:9 Then Joshua 3091 set 6965 up twelve 8147 6240 stones 68 in the middle 8432 of the Jordan 3383 at the place 4673 8478 where 4673 the feet 7272 of the priests 3548 who carried 5375 the ark 727 of the covenant 1285 were standing 4673, and they are there 8033 to this 2088 day 3117.

 4:10 For the priests 3548 who carried 5375 the ark 727 were standing 5975 in the middle 8432 of the Jordan 3383 until 5704 everything 3605 was completed 8552 that the LORD 3068 had commanded 6680 Joshua 3091 to speak 1696 to the people 5971a, according to all 3605 that Moses 4872 had commanded 6680 Joshua 3091. And the people 5971a hurried 4116 and crossed 5674a;

 4:11 and when 3512c all 3605 the people 5971a had finished 8552 crossing 5674a, the ark 727 of the LORD 3068 and the priests 3548 crossed 5674a before 6440 the people 5971a.

 4:12 The sons 1121 of Reuben 7205 and the sons 1121 of Gad 1410 and the half-tribe 2677 7626 of Manasseh 4519 crossed 5674a over 5674a in battle 2571 array 2571 before 6440 the sons 1121 of Israel 3478, just 3512c as Moses 4872 had spoken 1696 to them;

 4:13 about 40,000 705 505 equipped 2502b for war 6635, crossed 5674a for battle 4421 before 6440 the LORD 3068 to the desert 6160 plains 6160 of Jericho 3405.

 4:14 ¶ On that day 3117 the LORD 3068 exalted 1431 Joshua 3091 in the sight 5869 of all 3605 Israel 3478; so that they revered 3372a him, just 3512c as they had revered 3372a Moses 4872 all 3605 the days 3117 of his life 2425b.

 4:15 ¶ Now the LORD 3068 said 559 to Joshua 3091,

 4:16 “Command 6680 the priests 3548 who carry 5375 the ark 727 of the testimony 5715 that they come 5927 up from the Jordan 3383.”

 4:17 So Joshua 3091 commanded 6680 the priests 3548, saying 559, “Come 5927 up from the Jordan 3383.”

 4:18 It came 1961 about when the priests 3548 who carried 5375 the ark 727 of the covenant 1285 of the LORD 3068 had come 5927 up from the middle 8432 of the Jordan 3383, and the soles 3709 of the priests’ 3548 feet 7272 were lifted 5423 up to the dry 2724 ground 2724, that the waters 4325 of the Jordan 3383 returned 7725 to their place 4725, and went 1980 over 5921 all 3605 its banks 1415 as before 8543 8032a.

 4:19 ¶ Now the people 5971a came 5927 up from the Jordan 3383 on the tenth 6218 of the first 7223 month 2320 and camped 2583 at Gilgal 1537 on the eastern 4217 edge 7097a of Jericho 3405.

 4:20 Those 428 twelve 8147 6240 stones 68 which 834 they had taken 3947 from the Jordan 3383, Joshua 3091 set 6965 up at Gilgal 1537.

 4:21 He said 559 to the sons 1121 of Israel 3478, “When 834 your children 1121 ask 7592 their fathers 1 in time 4279 to come 4279, saying 559, ‘What 4100 are these 428 stones 68?’

 4:22 then you shall inform 3045 your children 1121, saying 559, ‘Israel 3478 crossed 5674a this 2088 Jordan 3383 on dry 3004 ground 3004.’

 4:23 “For the LORD 3068 your God 430 dried 3001 up the waters 4325 of the Jordan 3383 before 4480 6440 you until 5704 you had crossed 5674a, just 3512c as the LORD 3068 your God 430 had done 6213a to the Red 5488 3220 Sea 3220, which 834 He dried 3001 up before 4480 6440 us until 5704 we had crossed 5674a;

 4:24 that all 3605 the peoples 5971a of the earth 776 may know 3045 that the hand 3027 of the LORD 3068 is mighty 2389, so 4616 that you may fear 3372a the LORD 3068 your God 430 forever 3605 3117.”