³ and tell them to take up twelve stones^(A) from the middle of the Jordan,^(B) from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.^(C)”

⁸ So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones^(A) from the middle of the Jordan,^(B) according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord had told Joshua;^(C) and they carried them over with them to their camp, where they put them down.