Joshua 4:5 - New International Version (Anglicised)

⁵ and said to them, ‘Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ and Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God in the midst of the Jordan, and take up every man of you a stone on his shoulder, as is the number of the tribes of the Israelites,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ and Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;

Common English Bible

⁵ Joshua said to them, “Cross over into the middle of the Jordan, up to the LORD your God’s chest. Each of you, lift up a stone on his shoulder to match the number of the tribes of the Israelites.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ and he said to them: "Go before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan, and let each one carry from there one stone on your shoulders, according to the number of the sons of Israel,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And he said to them: Go before the ark of the Lord your God to the midst of the Jordan, and carry from thence every man a stone on your shoulders, according to the number of the children of Israel.

Joshua 4:5 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 31:46

He said to his relatives, ‘Gather some stones.’ So they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

Exodus 24:4

Moses then wrote down everything the Lord had said. He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel.

Deuteronomy 27:2

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.

Deuteronomy 9:1

Hear, Israel: you are now about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities that have walls up to the sky.

Joshua 22:10

When they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.

Joshua 4:4

So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,

Joshua 4:6

to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, “What do these stones mean?”