These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Joshua 4
Tanakh 24 verses
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And it came to pass, when all the nation were passed over the , that spoke unto , saying:
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Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
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and command ye them, saying: Take you hence out of the midst of the , out of the place where the priests’ feet stood, twelve stones made ready, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where ye shall lodge this night.’
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Then called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of , out of every tribe a man;
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- 5 and said unto them: ‘Pass on before the of your into the midst of the , and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of ;
- 6 that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying: What mean ye by these stones?
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then ye shall say unto them: Because the waters of the were cut off before the of the of ; when it passed over the , the waters of the were cut off; and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of for ever.’
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And the children of did so as commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the , as spoke unto , according to the number of the tribes of the children of ; and they carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
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- 9 also set up twelve stones in the midst of the , in the place where the feet of the priests that bore the of the stood; and they are there unto this day.
- 10 And the priests that bore the stood in the midst of the , until every thing was finished that commanded to speak unto the people, according to all that commanded ; and the people hastened and passed over.
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And it came to pass, when all the people were passed over, that the of passed on, and the priests, before the people.
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And the children of , and the children of , and the half-tribe of , passed on armed before the children of , as spoke unto them;
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about forty thousand ready armed for war passed on in the presence of unto battle, to the plains of .
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- 14 On that day magnified in the sight of all ; and they feared him, as they feared , all the days of his life.
- 15 And spoke unto , saying:
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Command the priests that bear the of the , that they come up out of the .’
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therefore commanded the priests, saying: ‘Come ye up out of the .’
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And it came to pass, as the priests that bore the of the of came up out of the midst of the , as soon as the soles of the priests’ feet were drawn up unto the dry ground, that the waters of the returned unto their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime.
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And the people came up out of the on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in , on the east border of .
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And those twelve stones, which they took out of the , did set up in .
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And he spoke unto the children of , saying: ‘When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying: What mean these stones?
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then ye shall let your children , saying: came over this on dry land.
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For your dried up the waters of from before you, until ye were passed over, as your did to the Red Sea, which He dried up from before us, until we were passed over,
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that all the peoples of the earth may the hand of , that it is mighty; that ye may your for ever.’
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