Chapter 4 of 24

In memory of their miraculous passage, twelve chief men, of the twelve tribes, take so many great stones from the midst of Jordan, 9. and put other twelve, where the priests stood with the ark. 18. The waters return to their former course. And the twelve stones are erected for a monument.In memorie of their miraculous passage, twelue chief men, of the twelue tribes, take so manie great stones from the middes of Iordan, 9. and put other twelue, where the priestes stood with the arke. 18. The waters returne to their former course. And the twelue stones are erected for a monument.

Who being passed over, our Lord said to Josue:VVHo being passed ouer, our Lord said to Iosue:Quibus transgressis, dixit Dominus ad Josue :

²Choose twelve men one in every tribe:Choose twelue men one in euerie tribe:Elige duodecim viros singulos per singulas tribus :

³and command them that they take up out of the midst of the channel of Jordan, where the feet of the priests stood, twelve most hard stones, which you shall put in the place of the camp, where you shall pitch tents this night.and command them that they take vp out of the middes of the chanel of Iordan, where the feete of the priestes stoode, twelue most hard stones, which you shal put in the place of the campe, where you shal pitch tentes this night.et præcipe eis ut tollant de medio Jordanis alveo, ubi steterunt pedes sacerdotum, duodecim durissimos lapides, quos ponetis in loco castrorum, ubi fixeritis hac nocte tentoria.

⁴And Josue called twelve men, whom he had chosen out of the children of Israel, one of every tribe,And Iosue called twelue men, whom he had chosen out of the children of Israel, one of euerie tribe,Vocavitque Josue duodecim viros, quos elegerat de filiis Israël, singulos de singulis tribubus,

⁵and he said to them: Go before the ark of our Lord your God to the midst of Jordan, and carry from thence every man a stone on your shoulders, according to the number of the children of Israel,and he said to them : Goe before the arke of our Lord your God to the middes of Iordan, and carrie from thence euerie man a stone on your shoulders, according to the number of the children of Israel,et ait ad eos : Ite ante arcam Domini Dei vestri ad Jordanis medium, et portate inde singuli singulos lapides in humeris vestris, juxta numerum filiorum Israël,

⁷You shall answer them: The waters of Jordan decayedfailed, gave out, not rotted · Vulgate: defecerunt before the ark of the covenant of our Lord, when it passed over the same: therefore were these stones set for a monument of the children of Israel for ever.You shal answer them : The waters of Iordan decayed before the arke of the couenant of our Lord, when it passed ouer the same : therfore were these stones sette for a monument of the children of Israel for euer.respondebitis eis : Defecerunt aquæ Jordanis ante arcam fœderis Domini, cum transiret eum : idcirco positi sunt lapides isti in monimentum filiorum Israël usque in æternum.

⁸The children of Israel therefore did as Josue commanded them, carrying out of the channel of Jordan twelve stones, as our Lord had commanded him, according to the number of the children of Israel, unto the place, wherein they camped, and there they set them.The children of Israel therfore did as Iosue commanded them, carying out of the chanel of Iordan twelue stones, as our Lord had commanded him, according to the number of the children of Israel, vnto the place, wherein they camped, and there they sette them.Fecerunt ergo filii Israël sicut præcepit eis Josue, portantes de medio Jordanis alveo duodecim lapides, ut Dominus ei imperarat, juxta numerum filiorum Israël, usque ad locum in quo castrametati sunt, ibique posuerunt eos.

⁹Other twelve stones also Josue put in the midst of the channel of Jordan, where the priests stood, that carried the ark of the covenant: and they be there until this present day.Other twelue stones also Iosue put in the middes of the chanel of Iordan, where the priestes stoode, that caried the arke of the couenant : and they be there vntil this present day.Alios quoque duodecim lapides posuit Josue in medio Jordanis alveo, ubi steterunt sacerdotes qui portabant arcam fœderis : et sunt ibi usque in præsentem diem.

¹⁰But the priests that carried the ark, stood in the midst of Jordan, till all things were accomplished, which our Lord had commanded Josue, to speak to the people, and Moyses had said to him. And the people made haste, and passed over.But the priestes that caried the arke, stoode in the middes of Iordan, til al thinges were accomplished, which our Lord had commanded Iosue, to speake to the people, and Moyses had said to him. And the people made hast, and passed ouer.Sacerdotes autem qui portabant arcam, stabant in Jordanis medio, donec omnia complerentur, quæ Josue, ut loqueretur ad populum, præceperat Dominus, et dixerat ei Moyses. Festinavitque populus, et transiit.

¹¹And when they had all passed over, the ark also of our Lord passed over, the priests also went before the people.And when they had al passed ouer, the arke also of our Lord passed ouer, the priestes also went before the people.Cumque transissent omnes, transivit et arca Domini, sacerdotesque pergebant ante populum.

¹²The children of Ruben also and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses, went armed before the children of Israel, as Moyses had commanded them:The children of Ruben also and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses, went armed before the children of Israel, as Moyses had commanded them :Filii quoque Ruben, et Gad, et dimidia tribus Manasse, armati præcedebant filios Israël, sicut eis præceperat Moyses :

¹³and forty thousand fighting men by troops, and bandscompanies/columns of troops drawn up for battle · Vulgate: cuneos, marched through the plain and championchampaign: open, level, lowland country, not a victor · Vulgate: campestria country of the city of Jericho.and fourtie thousand fighting men by troupes, and bandes, marched through the plaine and champion countrie of the citie of Iericho.et quadraginta pugnatorum millia per turmas, et cuneos, incedebant per plana atque campestria urbis Jericho.

¹⁴In that day our Lord magnified Josue before all Israel, that they should fear him, as they had feared Moyses, whiles he yet lived.In that day our Lord magnified Iosue before al Israel, that they should feare him, as they had feared Moyses, whiles he yet liued.In die illo magnificavit Dominus Josue coram omni Israël, ut timerent eum, sicut timuerant Moysen, dum adviveret.

¹⁵And he said to him:And he said to him :Dixitque ad eum :

¹⁶Command the priests, that carry the ark of the covenant, that they come up out of Jordan.Command the priestes, that carie the arke of the couenant, that they come vp out of Iordan.Præcipe sacerdotibus, qui portant arcam fœderis, ut ascendant de Jordane.

¹⁷Who commanded them, saying: Come ye up out of Jordan.Who commanded them, saying : Come ye vp out of Iordan.Qui præcepit eis, dicens : Ascendite de Jordane.

¹⁸And when they that carried the ark of the covenant of our Lord, were come up, and began to tread on the dry ground, the waters returned into their channel, and ran as they were wontaccustomed, used to do · Vulgate: consueverant before.And when they that caried the arke of the couenant of our Lord, were come vp, and began to treade on the drie ground, the waters returned into their chanel, and ranne as they were wont before.Cumque ascendissent portantes arcam fœderis Domini, et siccam humum calcare cœpissent, reversæ sunt aquæ in alveum suum, et fluebant sicut ante consueverant.

¹⁹And the people came up out of Jordan the tenth day of the first month, and camped in Galgal against the East side of the city of Jericho.And the people came vp out of Iordan the tenth day of the first moneth, and camped in Galgal against the East side of the citie of Iericho.Populus autem ascendit de Jordane decimo die mensis primi, et castrametati sunt in Galgalis contra orientalem plagam urbis Jericho.

²⁰The twelve stones also, which they had taken out of the channel of Jordan, Josue set in Galgal,The twelue stones also, which they had taken out of the chanel of Iordan, Iosue sette in Galgal,Duodecim quoque lapides, quos de Jordanis alveo sumpserant, posuit Josue in Galgalis,

²¹and said to the children of Israel: When your children shall ask their fathers tomorrow, and shall say to them: What mean these stones?and said to the children of Israel : When your children shal aske their fathers to morrow, and shal say to them : What meane these stones?et dixit ad filios Israël : Quando interrogaverint filii vestri cras patres suos, et dixerint eis : Quid sibi volunt lapides isti ?

²²You shall teach them, and say: By the dry channel did Israel pass over this Jordan,You shal teach them, and say : By the drie chanel did Israel passe ouer this Iordan,docebitis eos, atque dicetis : Per arentem alveum transivit Israël Jordanem istum,

²³our Lord your God drying the waters thereof in your sight, until you passed over:our Lord your God drying the waters thereof in your sight, vntil you passed ouer :siccante Domino Deo vestro aquas ejus in conspectu vestro, donec transiretis,

²⁴as he had done before in the Red sea, which he dried till we passed through:as he had done before in the readsea, which he dried til we passed through :sicut fecerat prius in mari Rubro, quod siccavit donec transiremus :

²⁵that all the people of the earth may learn the most strong hand of our Lord, that you also may fear our Lord your God.that al the people of the earth may learne the most strong hand of our Lord, that you also may feare our Lord your God.ut discant omnes terrarum populi fortissimam Domini manum, ut et vos timeatis Dominum Deum vestrum omni tempore.