¹It happened, when all the nation had completely passed over the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

¹Da nu hele Folket havde tilendebragt Overgangen over Jordan, sagde HERREN til Josua:

²“Take twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

²"Vælg eder tolv Mænd af Folket, een Mand af hver Stamme,

³and command them, saying, ‘Take from out of the middle of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging place, where you will lodge tonight.’”

³og byd dem: Tag eder tolv Sten her, midt i Jordan, hvor Præsterne stod stille, bring dem med over og stil dem på den Plads, hvor I holder Rast i Nat!"

⁴Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

⁴Så lod Josua de tolv Mænd kalde, som han havde til Rede af Israeliterne, een Mand af hver Stamme;

⁵Joshua said to them, “Pass over before the ark of Yahweh your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you pick up a stone and put it on your shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;

⁵og Josua sagde til dem: "Gå foran HERREN eders Guds Ark midt ud i Jordan, og tag så hver en Sten på Skulderen, svarende til Tallet på Israeliternes Stammer,

⁶that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying, ‘What do you mean by these stones?’

⁶for at det kan tjene til Tegn iblandt eder. Når eders Børn i Fremtiden spørger: Hvad Betydning har disse Sten for eder?

⁷then you shall tell them, ‘Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.’”

⁷så skal I sige til dem: De betyder, at Jordans Vand standsede foran HERRENs Pagts Ark; da den drog over Jordan, standsede Jordans Vand. Og disse Sten skal være Israeliterne et Mindetegn til evig Tid!"

⁸The children of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

⁸Da gjorde Israeliterne, som Josua bød, og tog tolv Sten midt i Jordan, som HERREN havde sagt til Josua, svarende til Tallet på Israeliternes Stammer, og de bragte dem med over til det Sted, hvor de holdt Rast, og stillede dem der.

⁹Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.

⁹Og tolv Sten rejste Josua midt i Jordan på det Sted, hvor Præsterne, som bar Pagtens Ark, stod stille, og der står de den Dag i Dag.

¹⁰For the priests who bore the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Yahweh commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua; and the people hurried and passed over.

¹⁰Men Præsterne, som bar Arken, blev stående midt i Jordan, indtil alt, hvad HERREN havde pålagt Josua at sige til Folket, var udført, i Overensstemmelse med alt, hvad Moses havde pålagt Josua; og Folket gik skyndsomt over.

¹¹It happened, when all the people had completely passed over, that the ark of Yahweh passed over, with the priests, in the presence of the people.

¹¹Da hele Folket så havde tilendebragt Overgangen, gik HERRENs Ark og Præsterne over og stillede sig foran Folket.

¹²The children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them.

¹²Og Rubeniterne, Gaditerne og Manasses halve Stamme drog væbnet over i Spidsen for Israeliterne, som Moses havde sagt til dem;

¹³About forty thousand men, ready and armed for war passed over before Yahweh to battle, to the plains of Jericho.

¹³henved 40000 Mand i Tal, rustede til Strid, drog de foran HERREN over til Jerikos Sletter til Hamp.

¹⁴On that day, Yahweh magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

¹⁴På den Dag gjorde HERREN Josua stor i hele Israels Øjne, og de frygtede ham alle hans Livs Dage, som de havde frygtet Moses.

¹⁵Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

¹⁵Da sagde HERREN til Josua:

¹⁶“Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.”

¹⁶"Byd Præsterne, som bærer Vidnesbyrdets Ark, at stige op fra Jordan!"

¹⁷Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, “Come up out of the Jordan!”

¹⁷Og Josua bød Præsterne: "Stig op fra Jordan!"

¹⁸It happened, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh had come up out of the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks, as before.

¹⁸Så steg Præsterne, som bar HERRENs Pagts Ark, op fra Jordan, og næppe havde deres Fødder betrådt det tørre Land, før Jordans Vand vendte tilbage til sit Leje og overalt gik over sine Bredder som før.

¹⁹The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.

¹⁹Og Folket steg op fra Jordan den tiende Dag i den første Måned og slog Lejr i Gilgal ved Østenden af Jerikolandet.

²⁰Joshua set up those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, in Gilgal.

²⁰Men de tolv Sten, som de havde taget op fra Jordan, rejste Josua i Gilgal,

²¹He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean?’

²¹og han sagde til Israeliterne: "Når eders Børn i Fremtiden spørger deres Fædre: Hvad betyder disse Sten?

²²Then you shall let your children know, saying, ‘Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

²²så skal I fortælle eders Børn det og sige: På tør Bund gik Israel over Jordan derhenne;

²³For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until you had passed over, as Yahweh your God did to the Red Sea or, Sea of Reeds , which he dried up from before us, until we had passed over;

²³thi HERREN eders Gud lod Jordans Vand tørre bort foran eder, indtil I var kommet over, ligesom HERREN eders Gud gjorde med det røde Hav, som han lod tørre bort foran os, indtil vi var kommet over,

²⁴that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Yahweh, that it is mighty; that you may fear Yahweh your God forever.’”

²⁴for at alle Jordens Folk skal kende, at HERRENs Arm er stærk, at de må frygte HERREN eders Gud alle Dage."