You will go across the Jordan River. You will enter the land the Lord your God is giving you. When you do, set up some large stones. Put a coat of plaster on them.

你们过约旦河，到了耶和华你神所赐给你的地，当天要立起几块大石头，墁上石灰，

你们过了约旦河，到耶和华—你上帝所赐给你的地，当日要竖立几块大石头，涂上石灰。

你们过了约旦河，到耶和华—你神所赐给你的地，当日要竖立几块大石头，涂上石灰。

你们渡过约旦河、进入你们的上帝耶和华应许给你们的土地那天，要竖立几块大石，涂上石灰。

将来你们过约旦河，到了耶和华你的神赐给你的土地的那一天，你要立起几块大石头，墁上石灰。

你們過約旦河，到了耶和華－你神所賜給你的地，當天要立起幾塊大石頭，墁上石灰，

你們過了約旦河，到耶和華－你上帝所賜給你的地，當日要豎立幾塊大石頭，塗上石灰。

你們過了約旦河，到耶和華－你神所賜給你的地，當日要豎立幾塊大石頭，塗上石灰。

你們渡過約旦河、進入你們的上帝耶和華應許給你們的土地那天，要豎立幾塊大石，塗上石灰。

將來你們過約旦河，到了耶和華你的神賜給你的土地的那一天，你要立起幾塊大石頭，墁上石灰。

將來你們過約但河、到了永恆主你的上帝所賜給你的地那一天，你要立起幾塊大石頭，墁上石灰。

爾渡約但、至爾上帝耶和華所賜之地、其日必立大石、塗之以灰、

爾祖之上帝耶和華誓以產乳與蜜之地錫於爾曹、爾濟約但以入斯土、必立大石、堊以泥沙、書律法諸言於上、

爾曹渡約但至主爾天主所賜爾之地、必立大石、塗以石灰、

When you have crossed the Jordan into the land the Lord your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster.

And on the day you cross over the Jordan to the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall set up large stones and plaster them with plaster.

When you cross the Jordan River and enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster.

When you cross the Jordan into the land the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and cover them with plaster.

So it shall be on the day when you cross the Jordan to the land which the Lord your God is giving you, that you shall set up for yourself large stones and coat them with lime

And it shall be, on the day when you cross over the Jordan to the land which the Lord your God is giving you, that you shall set up for yourselves large stones, and whitewash them with lime.

And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over the Jordan unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:

At the time you cross the Jordan into the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must set up large stones and cover them with plaster.

And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:

When you cross the Jordan River to the land the LORD your God is giving you, you must erect great stones and cover them with plaster.

It shall be on the day when you shall pass over the Jordan to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, that you shall set yourself up great stones, and coat them with plaster.

After the whole nation had gone across the Jordan River, the Lord spoke to Joshua. He said,

“ Go through the camp. Tell the people,‘ Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will go across the Jordan River right here. You will go in and take over the land. The Lord your God is giving it to you as your very own.’ ”

You will enter the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own. You will take it over. You will make your homes in the land.

You are about to go across the Jordan River. You will enter the land and take it over. The Lord your God is giving it to you. You will take it over and live there.

I will give you new hearts. I will give you a new spirit that is faithful to me. I will remove your stubborn hearts from you. I will give you hearts that obey me.

Moses, the servant of the Lord, had commanded the Israelites to do that. Joshua built the altar according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses. Joshua built the altar out of stones that iron tools had never touched. Then the people offered on the altar burnt offerings to the Lord. They also sacrificed friendship offerings on it.

Write all the words of this law on them. Do it when you have crossed over into the land the Lord your God is giving you. It’s a land that has plenty of milk and honey. The Lord is the God of your people of long ago. He promised you that you would enter the land.

Israel, listen to me. You are now about to go across the Jordan River. You will take over the land of the nations that live there. Those nations are greater and stronger than you are. Their large cities have walls that reach up to the sky.

He said to them,“ Go back to the middle of the Jordan River. Go to where the ark of the Lord your God is. Each one of you must pick up a stone. You must carry it on your shoulder. There will be as many stones as there are tribes in Israel.The stones will serve as a reminder to you. In days to come, your children will ask you,‘ What do these stones mean?’Tell them that the Lord cut off the flow of water in the Jordan River. Tell them its water stopped flowing when the ark of the covenant of the Lord went across. The stones will always remind the Israelites of what happened there.”So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took 12 stones from the middle of the Jordan River. There was one stone for each of the tribes of Israel. It was just as the Lord had told Joshua. The people carried the stones with them to their camp. There they put them down.Joshua also piled up 12 stones in the middle of the river. He piled them up right where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are still there to this very day.The priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan River. They stayed there until the people had done everything the Lord had commanded Joshua. It was just as Moses had directed Joshua. All the people went across quickly.As soon as they did, the ark of the Lord and the priests also went across to the other side. The people were watching them.Among the people who went across the river were men from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh. The men were ready for battle. They went across ahead of the rest of the Israelites. It was just as Moses had directed them.There were about 40,000 of them. All of them were ready for battle. They went across in front of the ark of the Lord. They marched to the plains around Jericho. They were prepared to go to war.That day the Lord honored Joshua in the eyes of all the Israelites. They had respect for Joshua as long as he lived. They respected him just as much as they had respected Moses.Then the Lord spoke to Joshua. He said,“ Command the priests to come up out of the Jordan River. They are carrying the ark where the tablets of the covenant law are kept.”So Joshua gave a command to the priests. He said,“ Come up out of the Jordan River.”Then the priests came up out of the river. They were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord. As soon as they stepped out on dry ground, the water of the Jordan began to flow again. It went over its banks, just as it had done before.On the tenth day of the first month the people went up out of the Jordan River. They camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.Joshua set up the 12 stones at Gilgal. They were the ones the people had taken out of the Jordan.Then he spoke to the Israelites. He said,“ In days to come, your children after you will ask their parents,‘ What do these stones mean?’Their parents must tell them,‘ Israel went across the Jordan River on dry ground.’The Lord your God dried up the Jordan for you until you had gone across it. He did to the Jordan River the same thing he had done to the Red Sea. He dried up the Red Sea ahead of us until we had gone across it.He did it so that all the nations on earth would know that he is powerful. He did it so that you would always have respect for the Lord your God.”

I will give my people hearts that are completely committed to me. I will give them a new spirit that is faithful to me. I will remove their stubborn hearts from them. And I will give them hearts that obey me.

The Lord your God has directed me to teach you his commands, rules and laws. Obey them in the land you will take over when you go across the Jordan River.