1. After all the people had crossed the Jordan River, the Lord said to Joshua,
2. “Choose twelve men, one from each tribe.
3. Tell them to look in the river where the priests were standing and get twelve rocks from that place. Carry these rocks with you and put them where you stay tonight.”
4. So Joshua chose one man from each tribe. Then he called the twelve men together.
5. He said to them, “Go out into the river where the Holy Box of the Lord your God is. Each of you must find one rock. There will be one rock for each of the twelve tribes of Israel. Carry that rock on your shoulder.