1. When the whole nation had crossed the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,
2. “Choose twelve men, one from each tribe,
3. and command them to take twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests were standing. Tell them to carry these stones with them and to put them down where you camp tonight.”
4. Then Joshua called the twelve men he had chosen,
5. and said, “Go into the Jordan ahead of the Covenant Box of the Lord your God. Each one of you take a stone on your shoulder, one for each of the tribes of Israel.
6. These stones will remind the people of what the Lord has done. In the future, when your children ask what these stones mean to you,
7. you will tell them that the water of the Jordan stopped flowing when the Lord's Covenant Box crossed the river. These stones will always remind the people of Israel of what happened here.”