Section 4:1–5:1 The Israelites commemorated the crossing of the Jordan River

Twelve men from among the Israelites each took a stone from the middle of the Jordan River. With these stones Joshua built a monument to remind the Israelite people, and their descendants, about how God helped them cross the river.

Here are some other possible section headings:

Setting up memorial stones
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Twelve memorial stones
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A reminder that God brought them to the promised land

Paragraph 4:1–3

4:1a

When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan: In some languages it may be more natural to make this into an independent clause. For example, you could say:

1a All the Israelites finished crossing the Jordan River. 1b Then Yahweh said to Joshua…

the whole nation: The phrase the whole nation refers to all the Israelite people.

had finished crossing the Jordan: The phrase had finished crossing the Jordan means that the Israelites crossed over to the west side of the Jordan River.

4:1b

the LORD said to Joshua: Here is another way to translate this phrase:

Yahweh commanded

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