1It happened, when all the nation had completely passed over the Jordan, that the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,

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Deuteronomy 27:2, Deuteronomy 27:2, Joshua 3:17, Joshua 3:17

2"Take twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

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Joshua 3:12, Joshua 3:12, Numbers 34:18, Numbers 13:2, 1 Kings 18:31

3and command them, saying, 'Take from out of the middle of the Jordan, out of 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 you will lodge tonight.'"

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Joshua 4:19, Joshua 4:20, Joshua 4:19, Joshua 4:20, Joshua 3:13

4Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

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Joshua 4:2, Mark 3:14, Mark 3:19, Joshua 4:2, Mark 3:14

5Joshua said to them, "Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you pick up a stone and put it on your shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;

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6that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying, 'What do you mean by these stones?'

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Exodus 13:14, Exodus 13:14, Joshua 4:21, Joshua 4:21, Psalms 44:1

7then you shall tell them, 'Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.'"

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Exodus 12:14, Exodus 12:14, Exodus 28:12, Numbers 16:40, Psalms 111:4

8The children of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan, as the Lord spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

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Joshua 4:20, Joshua 4:2, Joshua 4:5, Joshua 1:16, Joshua 1:18

9Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.

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1 Samuel 7:12, 1 Samuel 7:12, Exodus 24:12, Judges 1:26, 2 Chronicles 5:9

10For the priests who bore the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan, until everything was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua; and the people hurried and passed over.

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Joshua 3:13, Joshua 3:13, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Isaiah 28:16, 2 Corinthians 6:2

11It happened, when all the people had completely passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, with the priests, in the presence of the people.

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Joshua 3:8, Joshua 3:8, Joshua 3:17, Joshua 4:18, Joshua 3:17

12The children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them.

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Numbers 32:20, Numbers 32:32, Joshua 1:14, Numbers 32:20, Numbers 32:32

13About forty thousand men, ready and armed for war passed over before the Lord to battle, to the plains of Jericho.

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Ephesians 6:11, Jeremiah 39:5, 2 Kings 25:5, Jeremiah 52:8, Ephesians 6:11

14On that day, the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

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Joshua 3:7, Joshua 3:7, 2 Chronicles 30:12, 2 Chronicles 30:12, Joshua 1:16

15The Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,

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16"Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan."

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Joshua 3:3, Joshua 3:6, Exodus 25:16, Exodus 25:22, Revelation 11:19

17Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, "Come up out of the Jordan!"

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Genesis 8:16, Genesis 8:18, Genesis 8:16, Genesis 8:18, Acts 16:23

18It happened, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord had come up out of the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks, as before.

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Joshua 3:15, Joshua 3:15, Exodus 14:26, Exodus 14:28, 1 Chronicles 12:15

19The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.

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Joshua 5:9, Joshua 5:9, Micah 6:5, Micah 6:5, 1 Samuel 15:33

20Joshua set up those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, in Gilgal.

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Joshua 4:3, Joshua 4:8, Joshua 4:3, Joshua 4:8

21He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What do these stones mean?'

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Joshua 4:6, Joshua 4:6, Psalms 145:4, Psalms 145:7, Psalms 145:4

22Then you shall let your children know, saying, 'Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

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Joshua 3:17, Joshua 3:17, Isaiah 51:10, Isaiah 51:10, Exodus 15:19

23For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until you had passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had passed over;

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Exodus 14:21, Exodus 14:21, Isaiah 63:12, Isaiah 63:14, Isaiah 43:16

24that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty; that you may fear the Lord your God forever.'"

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Psalms 106:8, Psalms 106:8, Psalms 89:13, 1 Kings 8:42, 1 Kings 8:43