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17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan. 18 And when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD had come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet rested firm on the dry land, the waters of the Jordan rushed to their place, and overflowed all its banks, as they did before. 19 And the 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. 20 And those twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan. Joshua set up at Gilgal. 21 And he said to the children of Israel, When your children shall ask you in time to come, saying, What is the meaning of these stones? 22 Then you shall explain them to your children, and say to them, The children of Israel crossed this Jordan on dry land. 23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before them, until they passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us until we passed over; 24 So that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and that you may worship the LORD your God for ever. Joshua 4:17-24, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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