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Joshua 4:2-9

2Takeקְח֤וּke.ChuH3947for yourselvestwelveשְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖רshe.Neim 'a.SarH8147 H6240menאֲנָשִׁ֑ים'a.na.ShimH582from thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971, fromeveryH259tribeמִשָּֽׁבֶט׃mi.Sha.vetH7626amanH376,

3Andcommandוְצַוּ֣וּve.tza.VuH6680ye them,sayingלֵאמֹר֒le.MorH559,Takeשְׂאֽוּ־se.'u-H5375for yourselves from here out of themidstמִתּ֣וֹךְmi.TokhH8432ofJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֗ןhai.yar.DenH3383, from the place where thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֔יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548’feetרַגְלֵ֣יrag.LeiH7272stoodמִמַּצַּב֙mi.ma.TzavH4673firmהָכִ֖יןha.KhinH3559,twelveשְׁתֵּים־ עֶשְׂרֵ֣הshe.teim- 'es.RehH8147 H6240stonesאֲבָנִ֑ים'a.va.NimH68, and ye shall carry themoverוְהַעֲבַרְתֶּ֤םve.ha.'a.var.TemH5674with you, andleaveH3240them in the lodgingplaceבַּמָּל֕וֹןba.ma.LonH4411, where ye shalllodgeתָּלִ֥ינוּta.Li.nuH3885thisnightהַלָּֽיְלָה׃ סha.La.ye.lahH3915.

4ThenJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091calledוַיִּקְרָ֣אvai.yik.Ra'H7121thetwelveשְׁנֵ֤ים הֶֽעָשָׂר֙she.Neim he.'a.SarH8147 H6240menH376, whom he hadpreparedהֵכִ֖יןhe.KhinH3559of thechildrenמִבְּנֵ֣יmi.be.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, ofeveryH259tribeמִשָּֽׁבֶט׃mi.Sha.vetH7626amanH376:

5AndJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them, Passoverעִ֠בְרוּ'Iv.ruH5674beforeלִפְנֵ֨יlif.NeiH6440thearkאֲר֧וֹן'a.RonH727of theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430into themidstתּ֣וֹךְTokhH8432ofJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֑ןhai.yar.DenH3383, and take yeupוְהָרִ֨ימוּve.ha.Ri.muH7311everyאַחַת֙'a.ChatH259manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376of you astoneאֶ֤בֶן'E.venH68upon hisshoulderשִׁכְמ֔וֹshikh.MoH7926, according to thenumberלְמִסְפַּ֖רle.mis.ParH4557of thetribesשִׁבְטֵ֥יshiv.TeiH7626of thechildrenבְנֵי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478:

6That this may be asignא֖וֹת'otH226amongבְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑םbe.kir.be.KhemH7130you, that when yourchildrenבְּנֵיכֶ֤םbe.nei.KhemH1121askיִשְׁאָל֨וּןyish.'a.LunH7592their fathers in time tocomeמָחָר֙ma.CharH4279,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, What mean ye by thesestonesהָאֲבָנִ֥יםha.'a.va.NimH68?

7Then ye shallanswerוַאֲמַרְתֶּ֣םva.'a.mar.TemH559them, That thewatersמֵימֵ֤יmei.MeiH4325ofJordanהַיַּרְדֵּן֙hai.yar.DenH3383were cutoffנִכְרְת֜וּnikh.re.TuH3772beforeמִפְּנֵי֙mi.pe.NeiH6440thearkאֲר֣וֹן'a.RonH727of thecovenantבְּרִית־be.rit-H1285of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068; when it passedoverבְּעָבְרוֹ֙be.'a.ve.RoH5674Jordanבַּיַּרְדֵּ֔ןbai.yar.DenH3383, thewatersמֵ֣יmeiH4325ofJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֑ןhai.yar.DenH3383were cutoffנִכְרְת֖וּnikh.re.TuH3772: and thesestonesהָאֲבָנִ֨יםha.'a.va.NimH68shall be for amemorialלְזִכָּר֛וֹןle.zi.ka.RonH2146to thechildrenלִבְנֵ֥יliv.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478forעַד־'ad-H5704everעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769.

8And thechildrenבְּנֵי־be.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֘לYis.ra.'ElH3478didוַיַּעֲשׂוּ־vai.ya.'a.su-H6213so asJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַ֒ye.ho.shu.a'H3091commandedצִוָּ֣הtzi.VahH6680, and tookupוַיִּשְׂא֡וּvai.yis.'UH5375twelveשְׁתֵּֽי־ עֶשְׂרֵ֨הshe.tei- 'es.RehH8147 H6240stonesאֲבָנִ֜ים'a.va.NimH68from themidstמִתּ֣וֹךְmi.TokhH8432ofJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֗ןhai.yar.DenH3383, as theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068spokeדִּבֶּ֤רdi.BerH1696Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091, according to thenumberלְמִסְפַּ֖רle.mis.ParH4557of thetribesשִׁבְטֵ֣יshiv.TeiH7626of thechildrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, and carried themoverוַיַּעֲבִר֤וּםvai.ya.'a.vi.RumH5674with them to the place where theylodgedהַמָּל֔וֹןha.ma.LonH4411, and laid themdownH3240there.

9AndJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַ֮ye.ho.shu.a'H3091setupהֵקִ֣יםhe.KimH6965twelveוּשְׁתֵּ֧ים עֶשְׂרֵ֣הu.she.Teim 'es.RehH8147 H6240stonesאֲבָנִ֗ים'a.va.NimH68in themidstבְּת֣וֹךְbe.TokhH8432ofJordanהַיַּרְדֵּן֒hai.yar.DenH3383, in the place where thefeetרַגְלֵ֣יrag.LeiH7272of thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֔יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548whoboreנֹשְׂאֵ֖יno.se.'EiH5375thearkאֲר֣וֹן'a.RonH727of thecovenantהַבְּרִ֑יתha.be.RitH1285stoodמַצַּב֙ma.TzavH4673: and they are there to thisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

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