¹³ And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the Lord—the Lord of all the earth^(A)—set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream^(B) will be cut off^(C) and stand up in a heap.^(D)”

⁸ So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones^(A) from the middle of the Jordan,^(B) according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord had told Joshua;^(C) and they carried them over with them to their camp, where they put them down. ⁹ Joshua set up the twelve stones^(D) that had been^[a] in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day.^(E)

² When you have crossed the Jordan^(A) into the land the Lord your God is giving you, set up some large stones^(B) and coat them with plaster.^(C)