Josua 4 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

1 Efter at folket var kommet godt over på den anden side, sagde Herren til Josva: 2 „Sig til de 12 mænd, der blev udpeget af Israels 12 stammer, at de hver skal tage en sten fra det sted i flodlejet, hvor præsterne står, og tage stenene med sig til det sted, hvor I slår lejr i aften.” 4 Så kaldte Josva de 12 mænd sammen 5 og sagde til dem: „Nu kan I gå over, men stands midt ude i flodlejet, hvor pagtens ark er. Der skal hver af jer samle en sten op og bære den på skulderen over på den anden side, så der er en sten for hver af Israels 12 stammer. 6 De sten skal være et minde, og når jeres børn i fremtiden spørger: ‚Hvad betyder de mindesten?’ 7 skal I svare: ‚De minder os om dengang, Jordanflodens vand standsede for at lade Herrens Ark og folket passere.’ De sten skal altid minde Israels folk om det under, som skete, da vi krydsede Jordanfloden.” 8 Mændene gjorde, som Josva havde sagt. De samlede 12 sten op fra flodlejet, én sten for hver stamme, sådan som Herren havde befalet Josva, og tog dem med sig til det sted, hvor de slog lejr for natten. 9 Josva anbragte desuden 12 sten midt i floden på det sted, hvor præsterne stod med pagtens ark, og de sten er der den dag i dag. 10 De præster, som bar arken, blev altså stående ude i flodlejet, indtil alt, hvad Herren havde befalet Josva, var udført. På den måde førte Josva folket over floden, sådan som Moses havde givet instrukser om. Folket skyndte sig over floden, mens præsterne stod i midten, 11 og da de alle var kommet over, fulgte præsterne efter med arken, mens folket stod og så til. 12 Som Moses havde befalet, gik de våbenføre mænd fra Rubens, Gads og Manasses halve stamme også med over floden. 13 De udgjorde 40.000 bevæbnede krigere, som var klar til at kæmpe for Herren på Jerikos sletter. 14 Herren gjorde det sådan, at Josva den dag vandt stor respekt i folkets øjne. Fremover viste de ham samme ærefrygt, som de havde vist Moses. 15 Efter at Josva på Herrens befaling havde sagt til de præster, der stod med pagtens ark, at de skulle komme op af flodlejet, steg de op på bredden, og i samme øjeblik de satte foden på landjorden, strømmede vandet tilbage, og floden gik over sine bredder som før. 19 Det var den tiende dag i årets første måned,* at folket krydsede Jordanfloden og slog lejr ved Gilgal øst for Jeriko. 20 Det var også der, Josva anbragte de 12 mindesten, de havde taget med fra midten af floden. 21 Så gentog han over for hele Israels folk, hvad han allerede tidligere havde sagt: „I fremtiden, når jeres børn spørger: ‚Hvad betyder de mindesten?’ 22 skal I sige: ‚De er til minde om, at Israels folk gik tørskoet over Jordanfloden.’ 23 Fortæl dem, hvordan Herren holdt vandet tilbage for øjnene af jer, indtil alle var kommet over, ligesom han gjorde med Det Røde Hav, dengang Israels folk skulle krydse det. 24 For alle jordens folk skal det være et tegn på Herrens vældige magt, og det skal hjælpe jer til altid at have respekt og ærefrygt for Herren, jeres Gud.”

King James Version

1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests'feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night. 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: 5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: 6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? 7 Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. 8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day. 10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over. 11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. 12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them: 13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. 14 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. 15 And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. 17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan. 18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests'feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before. 19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. 20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. 21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? 22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: 24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.

Josua 4 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk King James Version