Joshua 4

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1 After the entire nation had crossed the Jordan,	1 Quibus transgressis, dixit Dominus ad Iosue:
2 the LORD said to Joshua, "Choose twelve men from the people, one from each tribe,	2 “ Sumite vobis de populo duodecim viros singulos per singulas tribus
3 and instruct them to take up twelve stones from this spot in the bed of the Jordan where the priests have been standing motionless. Carry them over with you, and place them where you are to stay tonight."	3 et praecipite eis, ut tollant de medio Iordanis alveo, ubi firmiter steterunt sacerdotum pedes, duodecim lapides; quos portabitis vobiscum et ponetis in loco castrorum, ubi fixeritis hac nocte tentoria ”.
4 Summoning the twelve men whom he had selected from among the Israelites, one from each tribe,	4 Vocavitque Iosue duodecim viros, quos elegerat de filiis Israel, singulos de tribubus singulis,
5 Joshua said to them: "Go to the bed of the Jordan in front of the ark of the LORD, your God; lift to your shoulders one stone apiece, so that they will equal in number the tribes of the Israelites.	5 et ait ad eos: “ Ite ante arcam Domini Dei vestri ad Iordanis medium et portate singuli singulos lapides in umeris vestris, iuxta numerum tribuum filiorum Israel,
6 In the future, these are to be a sign among you. When your children ask you what these stones mean to you,	6 ut sit hoc signum inter vos. Quando interrogaverint vos filii vestri cras dicentes: “Quid sibi volunt isti lapides?”,
7 you shall answer them, 'The waters of the Jordan ceased to flow before the ark of the covenant of the LORD when it crossed the Jordan.' Thus these stones are to serve as a perpetual memorial to the Israelites."	7 respondebitis eis: Defecerunt aquae Iordanis ante arcam foederis Domini, cum transiret eum; idcirco positi sunt lapides isti in monumentum filiis Israel usque in aeternum ”.
8 The twelve Israelites did as Joshua had commanded: they took up as many stones from the bed of the Jordan as there were tribes of the Israelites, and carried them along to the camp site, where they placed them, according to the LORD'S direction.	8 Fecerunt ergo filii Israel, sicut eis praecepit Iosue, portantes de medio Iordanis alveo duodecim lapides, ut ei Dominus imperarat, iuxta numerum tribuum filiorum Israel, usque ad locum, in quo castrametati sunt; ibique posuerunt eos.
9 Joshua also had twelve stones set up in the bed of the Jordan on the spot where the priests stood who were carrying the ark of the covenant. They are there to this day.	9 Alios quoque duodecim lapides posuit Iosue in medio Iordanis alveo, ubi steterunt sacerdotes, qui portabant arcam foederis; et sunt ibi usque in praesentem diem.
10 The priests carrying the ark remained in the bed of the Jordan until everything had been done that the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell the people. The people crossed over quickly,	10 Sacerdotes autem, qui portabant arcam, stabant in Iordanis medio, donec omnia complerentur, quae Iosue ut loqueretur ad populum praeceperat Dominus secundum omnia, quae dixerat ei Moyses. Festinavitque populus et transiit.
11 and when all had reached the other side, the ark of the LORD, borne by the priests, also crossed to its place in front of them.	11 Cumque transissent omnes, transivit et arca Domini; sacerdotesque pergebant ante populum.
12 The Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh, armed, marched in the vanguard of the Israelites, as Moses had ordered.	12 Filii quoque Ruben et Gad et dimidia tribus Manasse armati praecedebant filios Israel, sicut eis praeceperat Moyses;
13 About forty thousand troops equipped for battle passed over before the LORD to the plains of Jericho.	13 quadraginta fere milia expeditorum ad pugnam incedebant coram Domino in campestria Iericho.
14 That day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and thenceforth during his whole life they respected him as they had respected Moses.	14 In illo die magnificavit Dominus Iosue coram omni Israel, ut timerent eum, sicut timuerant Moysen, omnibus diebus vitae suae.
15 Then the LORD said to Joshua,	15 Dixitque ad eum:
16 "Command the priests carrying the ark of the commandments to come up from the Jordan."	16 “ Praecipe sacerdotibus, qui portant arcam testimonii, ut ascendant de Iordane ”.
17 Joshua did so,	17 Qui praecepit eis dicens: “ Ascendite de Iordane ”.
18 and when the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD had come up from the bed of the Jordan, as the soles of their feet regained the dry ground, the waters of the Jordan resumed their course and as before overflowed all its banks.	18 Cumque ascendissent portantes arcam foederis Domini et siccam humum calcare coepissent, reversae sunt aquae in alveum suum et fluebant sicut ante super omnes ripas suas.
19 The people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and camped in Gilgal on the eastern limits of Jericho.	19 Populus autem ascendit de Iordane decimo die mensis primi, et castrametati sunt in Galgalis, in termino orientali Iericho.
20 At Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones which had been taken from the Jordan,	20 Duodecim quoque lapides, quos de Iordanis alveo sumpserant, posuit Iosue in Galgalis.
21 saying to the Israelites, "In the future, when the children among you ask their fathers what these stones mean,	21 Et dixit ad filios Israel: “ Quando interrogaverint filii vestri cras patres suos et dixerint eis: “Quid sibi volunt isti lapides?”,
22 you shall inform them, 'Israel crossed the Jordan here on dry ground.'	22 docebitis eos atque dicetis: Per arentem alveum transivit Israel Iordanem istum,
23 For the LORD, your God, dried up the waters of the Jordan in front of you until you crossed over, just as the LORD, your God, had done at the Red Sea, which he dried up in front of us until we crossed over;	23 siccante Domino Deo vestro aquas eius in conspectu vestro, donec transiretis,
24 in order that all the peoples of the earth may learn that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and that you may fear the LORD, your God, forever."	24 sicut fecerat prius in mari Rubro, quod siccavit coram nobis, donec transiremus,
	25 ut cognoscant omnes terrarum populi fortissimam Domini manum, et ut vos timeatis Dominum Deum vestrum omni tempore ”.