2. “Choose 12 men from the people, one man for each tribe,
3. and command them: Take 12 stones from this place in the middle of the Jordan where the priests are standing, carry them with you, and set them down at the place where you spend the night.”
4. So Joshua summoned the 12 men he had selected from the Israelites, one man for each tribe,
5. and said to them, “Go across to the ark of the Lord your God in the middle of the Jordan. Each of you lift a stone onto his shoulder, one for each of the Israelite tribes,
6. so that this will be a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean to you? ’