KJV JOS4 with Strong's Hebrew/Greek
JOS3.htm JOS5.htm4:1 And it came to pass, when all the people [H1471] were clean [H8552] passed over [H5674] Jordan [H3383] , that the LORD [H3068] spake [H559] unto Joshua [H3091] , saying [H559] ,
4:2 Take [H3947] you twelve [H8147] [H6240] men [H582] out of the people [H5971] , out of every [H259] tribe [H7626] a man [H376] ,
4:3 And command [H6680] ye them, saying [H559] , Take [H5375] you hence out of the midst [H8432] of Jordan [H3383] , out of the place where the priests' [H3548] feet [H7272] stood [H4673] firm [H3559] , twelve [H8147] [H6240] stones [H68] , and ye shall carry them over [H5674] with you, and leave [H3240] them in the lodging place [H4411] , where ye shall lodge [H3885] this night [H3915] .
4:4 Then Joshua [H3091] called [H7121] the twelve [H8147] [H6240] men [H376] , whom he had prepared [H3559] of the children [H1121] of Israel [H3478] , out of every [H259] tribe [H7626] a man [H376] :
4:5 And Joshua [H3091] said [H559] unto them, Pass over [H5674] before [H6440] the ark [H727] of the LORD [H3068] your God [H430] into the midst [H8432] of Jordan [H3383] , and take ye up [H7311] every [H259] man [H376] of you a stone [H68] upon his shoulder [H7926] , according unto the number [H4557] of the tribes [H7626] of the children [H1121] of Israel [H3478] :
4:6 That this may be a sign [H226] among [H7130] you, [that] when your children [H1121] ask [H7592] [their fathers] in time to come [H4279] , saying [H559] , What [mean] ye by these stones [H68] ?(in time: Heb. to morrow)
4:7 Then ye shall answer [H559] them, That the waters [H4325] of Jordan [H3383] were cut off [H3772] before [H6440] the ark [H727] of the covenant [H1285] of the LORD [H3068] ; when it passed over [H5674] Jordan [H3383] , the waters [H4325] of Jordan [H3383] were cut off [H3772] : and these stones [H68] shall be for a memorial [H2146] unto the children [H1121] of Israel [H3478] for [H5704] ever [H5769] .
4:8 And the children [H1121] of Israel [H3478] did [H6213] so as Joshua [H3091] commanded [H6680] , and took up [H5375] twelve [H8147] [H6240] stones [H68] out of the midst [H8432] of Jordan [H3383] , as the LORD [H3068] spake [H1696] unto Joshua [H3091] , according to the number [H4557] of the tribes [H7626] of the children [H1121] of Israel [H3478] , and carried them over [H5674] with them unto the place where they lodged [H4411] , and laid them down [H3240] there.
4:9 And Joshua [H3091] set up [H6965] twelve [H8147] [H6240] stones [H68] in the midst [H8432] of Jordan [H3383] , in the place where the feet [H7272] of the priests [H3548] which bare [H5375] the ark [H727] of the covenant [H1285] stood [H4673] : and they are there unto this day [H3117] .
4:10 For the priests [H3548] which bare [H5375] the ark [H727] stood [H5975] in the midst [H8432] of Jordan [H3383] , until every thing [H1697] was finished [H8552] that the LORD [H3068] commanded [H6680] Joshua [H3091] to speak [H1696] unto the people [H5971] , according to all that Moses [H4872] commanded [H6680] Joshua [H3091] : and the people [H5971] hasted [H4116] and passed over [H5674] .
4:11 And it came to pass, when all the people [H5971] were clean [H8552] passed over [H5674] , that the ark [H727] of the LORD [H3068] passed over [H5674] , and the priests [H3548] , in the presence [H6440] of the people [H5971] .
4:12 And the children [H1121] of Reuben [H7205] , and the children [H1121] of Gad [H1410] , and half [H2677] the tribe [H7626] of Manasseh [H4519] , passed over [H5674] armed [H2571] before [H6440] the children [H1121] of Israel [H3478] , as Moses [H4872] spake [H1696] unto them:
4:13 About forty [H705] thousand [H505] prepared [H2502] for war [H6635] passed over [H5674] before [H6440] the LORD [H3068] unto battle [H4421] , to the plains [H6160] of Jericho [H3405] .(prepared: or, ready armed)
4:14 On that day [H3117] the LORD [H3068] magnified [H1431] Joshua [H3091] in the sight [H5869] of all Israel [H3478] ; and they feared [H3372] him, as they feared [H3372] Moses [H4872] , all the days [H3117] of his life [H2416] .
4:15 And the LORD [H3068] spake [H559] unto Joshua [H3091] , saying [H559] ,
4:16 Command [H6680] the priests [H3548] that bear [H5375] the ark [H727] of the testimony [H5715] , that they come up [H5927] out of Jordan [H3383] .
4:17 Joshua [H3091] therefore commanded [H6680] the priests [H3548] , saying [H559] , Come ye up [H5927] out of Jordan [H3383] .
4:18 And it came to pass, when the priests [H3548] that bare [H5375] the ark [H727] of the covenant [H1285] of the LORD [H3068] were come up [H5927] out of the midst [H8432] of Jordan [H3383] , [and] the soles [H3709] of the priests' [H3548] feet [H7272] were lifted up [H5423] unto the dry land [H2724] , that the waters [H4325] of Jordan [H3383] returned [H7725] unto their place [H4725] , and flowed [H3212] over all his banks [H1415] , as [H8543] [they did] before [H8032] .(lifted: Heb. plucked up)(flowed: Heb. went)
4:19 And the people [H5971] came up [H5927] out of Jordan [H3383] on the tenth [H6218] [day] of the first [H7223] month [H2320] , and encamped [H2583] in Gilgal [H1537] , in the east [H4217] border [H7097] of Jericho [H3405] .
4:20 And those twelve [H8147] [H6240] stones [H68] , which they took out [H3947] of Jordan [H3383] , did Joshua [H3091] pitch [H6965] in Gilgal [H1537] .
4:21 And he spake [H559] unto the children [H1121] of Israel [H3478] , saying [H559] , When your children [H1121] shall ask [H7592] their fathers [H1] in time to come [H4279] , saying [H559] , What [mean] these stones [H68] ?(in time: Heb. to morrow)
4:22 Then ye shall let your children [H1121] know [H3045] , saying [H559] , Israel [H3478] came over [H5674] this Jordan [H3383] on dry land [H3004] .
4:23 For the LORD [H3068] your God [H430] dried up [H3001] the waters [H4325] of Jordan [H3383] from before [H6440] you, until ye were passed over [H5674] , as the LORD [H3068] your God [H430] did [H6213] to the Red [H5488] sea [H3220] , which he dried up [H3001] from before [H6440] us, until we were gone over [H5674] :
4:24 That all the people [H5971] of the earth [H776] might know [H3045] the hand [H3027] of the LORD [H3068] , that it [is] mighty [H2389] : that ye might fear [H3372] the LORD [H3068] your God [H430] for ever [H3117] .(for ever: Heb. all days)