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CHAP. IV.
1 Twelue men are appointed to take twelue stones for a memoriall out of Iordan. 9 Twelue other stones are set vp in the middest of Iordan. 10. 19 The people passe ouer. 14 God magnifieth Ioshua. 20 The twelue stones are pitched in Gilgal.
1 And it came to passe when all the people were cleane passed ouer Iordan, that the Lord spake vnto Ioshua, saying,1
2 Take you twelue men out of the people, out of euery tribe a man,
6 That this may be a signe among you, that when your children aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What meane you by these stones?6
12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh, passed ouer armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake vnto them:12
13 About fourty thousand prepared for war, passed ouer before the Lord vnto battell, to the plaines of Iericho.13
15 And the Lord spake vnto Ioshua, saying,
16 Command the Priests that beare the Arke of the Testimony, that they come vp out of Iordan.
17 Ioshua therefore commaunded the Priests, saying, Come yee vp out of Iordan.
18 And it came to passe when the Priests that bare the Arke of the Couenant of the Lord, were come vp out of the mids of Iordan, and the soles of the Priests feete were lift vp vnto the dry land, that the waters of Iordan returned vnto their place, and flowed ouer all his banks, as they did before.18
20 And those twelue stones which they tooke out of Iordan, did Ioshua pitch in Gilgal.
21 And he spake vnto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shal aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What meane these stones?21
22 Then yee shall let your children know, saying, Israel came ouer this Iordan on dry land.
23 For the Lord your God dried vp the waters of Iordan from before you, vntill yee were passed ouer, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which hee dried vp from before vs, vntill we were gone ouer:23
24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty, that ye might feare the Lord your God for euer.24
Joshua Chapter 4 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
1 Deut. 27. 2. , Chap.3. 12.
6 Heb. to morrow.
12 Num. 32. 27.
13 Or. ready armed.
18 Hebr. plucked vp. , Hebr. went.
21 Hebr. to morrow.
23 Exod. 14. 21.
24 Hebr. all dayes.
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