A sign for your children

4So Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man from each tribe.

5And Joshua said to them, “Cross over before the ark of Yahweh your God into the middle of the Jordan, and let each man lift up one stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel.”

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

7then you shall say to them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. When it crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.’ And these stones shall be a memorial to the sons of Israel forever.