Joshua 4:6-8

Christian Standard Bible

⁶ so that this will be a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ ^{(A) 7} you should tell them, ‘The water of the Jordan was cut off in front of the ark of the Lord’s covenant. When it crossed the Jordan, the Jordan’s water was cut off.’ Therefore these stones will always be a memorial for the Israelites.”^(B)

⁸ The Israelites did just as Joshua had commanded them. The twelve men took stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each of the Israelite tribes, just as the Lord had told Joshua. They carried them to the camp and set them down there.