Numbers 22:1 The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.ĭeuteronomy 1:1 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. Then they will always be afraid of the LORD your God.Genesis 13:10 Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar. Then they will always be afraid of the did this so that all the people in this country would know that he is very powerful. The LORD did this so that all the people in this country would know that he is very powerful. Then Joshua told the Israelites, “In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these rocks mean?’ Tell them, ‘These rocks help us remember the way the people of Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry land.’ The LORD your God caused the water in the Jordan River to stop flowing so that you could cross it on dry land-just as the your God caused the water in the Jordan River to stop flowing so that you could cross it on dry land-just as the LORD had stopped the water at the Red Sea so that we could cross it on dry land. They carried with them the twelve rocks that they had taken from the Jordan River, and Joshua set them up at Gilgal. The people crossed the Jordan River on the tenth day of the first month and camped at Gilgal, east of Jericho. The water again overflowed its banks just as it had before the people crossed. When their feet touched the land on the other side of the river, the water in the river began flowing again. They carried the Box of the LORD’s Agreement with them and came out of the river. So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come out of the Jordan River.” Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Command the priests carrying the Box that holds the Agreement to come out of the river.” From that time on, they respected Joshua just as they had Moses. That day the LORD made Joshua a great man to all the Israelites. They were marching toward the plains of Jericho. About 40,000 soldiers, prepared for war, passed before the LORD. They were going to help the rest of the Israelites take the land God had promised to give them. These men crossed the river in front of the other people. The men from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh obeyed Moses. After the people finished crossing the river, the priests carried the LORD’s Holy Box to the front of the people. Meanwhile, the people hurried across the river. So the priests carrying the Holy Box stood in the middle of the river until everything was done. This is what Moses had said Joshua must do.

The LORD had commanded Joshua to tell the people what to do. He put them at the place where the priests had stood while carrying the Holy Box. Joshua also put twelve rocks in the middle of the Jordan River. Then they put the rocks at the place where they made their camp. They did this as the LORD had commanded Joshua. There was one rock for each of the twelve tribes of Israel. They carried twelve rocks from the middle of the Jordan River. These rocks will help the Israelites remember this forever.” When the Holy Box of the LORD’s Agreement crossed the river, the water stopped flowing. In the future, your children will ask you, ‘What do these rocks mean?’ You will tell them that the Lord stopped the water from flowing in the Jordan River. There will be one rock for each of the twelve tribes of Israel. He said to them, “Go out into the river where the Holy Box of the LORD your God is. Carry these rocks with you and put them where you stay tonight.” Tell them to look in the river where the priests were standing and get twelve rocks from that place. After all the people had crossed the Jordan River, the LORD said to Joshua, “Choose twelve men, one from each tribe.

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