Study it in the app“then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of YHWH; when it crossed into the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be a memorial for the sons of Israel forever.””
then you shall tellוַאֲמַרְתֶּםthemלָהֶםthatאֲשֶׁרthe watersמֵימֵיof the Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןwere cut offנִכְרְתוּbeforeמִפְּנֵיthe arkאֲרוֹןof the covenantבְּרִיתof YHWH;יְהוָהwhen it crossedבְּעָבְרוֹinto the Jordan,בַּיַּרְדֵּןthe watersמֵיof the Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןwere cut off.נִכְרְתוּSo theseוְ הָאֵלֶּהstonesהָאֲבָנִיםshall beהָיוּa memorialלְזִכָּרוֹןfor the sonsלִבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלforever.”עַד עוֹלָם
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amartem” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “meme” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearscut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “nichrtu” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avr” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appearsmemorial
Memorial: something done or kept in order to remember.
Where else “zikaron” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsforever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appearsJordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
6so that this may be a sign among you. When your sons ask in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones to you?’
7 · This verse (above)
8The sons of Israel did so, just as Joshua had commanded, and carried twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, just as YHWH had spoken to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel; and they brought them across with them to the lodging place and left them there.
