⁵ And Joshua said to them, “Cross over before^[a] the ark of Yahweh your God to the middle of the Jordan, and each one of you lift up a stone on your^[b] shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites,^{[c] 6} so that this may be a reminder^[d] among you. When your children ask in the future, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’^{[e] 7} you will say to them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off from before^[f] the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones will be as a memorial for the Israelites^[g] for eternity.”