1. And it came to pass when the whole nation had completely gone over the Jordan, that Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,
2. Take you twelve men out of the people, one man out of every tribe,
3. and command them, saying, Take up hence out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place where ye shall lodge this night.
4. And Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had appointed of the children of Israel, a man out of every tribe;
5. and Joshua said to them, Pass before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of the Jordan, and lift up each of you a stone and put it upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel,