1When the whole nation had finished crossing the…
2“Choose twelve men from among the people, one…
3and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve…
4So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had…
5and said to them, “Cross over before the…
6to serve as a sign among you. In…
7you are to tell them, ‘The waters of…
8Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded…
9Joshua also set up twelve stones in the…
10Now the priests who carried the ark remained…
11and after everyone had finished crossing, the priests…
12The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of…
13About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over…
14On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in…
15Then the LORD said to Joshua,
16“Command the priests who carry the ark of…
17So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up from…
18When the priests carrying the ark of the…
19On the tenth day of the first month…
20And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the…
21Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the…
22you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the…
23For the LORD your God dried up the…
24He did this so that all the peoples…
