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1 Wen all da peopo pau go across da Jordan Riva, Da One In Charge tell Joshua,
2 “Go pick twelve guys from da peopo, one guy fo ery big ohana.
3 Tell um fo go pick up twelve stones from da middo a da Jordan Riva, from da place wea da pries guys stay stan. Take um wit you da odda side, an put um down wea you guys goin stay tonite.”
4 So Joshua call togedda da twelve guys he wen pick from da Israel peopo, one guy from ery ohana,
5 an he tell um, “Go ova in front da Box Fo No Foget Da Deal Da One In Charge Wen Make. Go by da middo a da Jordan Riva, an all you guys lif up one stone on top yoa shoulda, one stone fo ery Israel ohana.
6 Da stones goin be jalike one sign fo you guys. Bumbye, wen yoa kids aks you guys, ‘How come get dese stones?’
7 Tell um, ‘Wen da pries guys take Da Box Fo No Foget Da Deal Da One In Charge Wen Make an go cross da Jordan Riva, da riva wen pau run. Dese stones goin be jalike one sign fo da Israel peopo, fo no foget foeva wat wen happen hea.’ ”
8 So da Israel peopo do wat Joshua tell um fo do. Dey take twelve stones from da middo a da Jordan Riva, one stone fo ery ohana, jalike Da One In Charge wen tell Joshua fo do. An dey take da stones by dea camp, an put um down dea.
9 Az how dey bring da stones from in da middo a da Jordan Riva, wea da pries guys dat carry Da Box wen stan, an Joshua put um down ova dea. An da stones stay dea still yet today.
10 Da pries guys dat stay carry Da Box, dey still stay stan inside da middo da Jordan Riva. Dey stan dea till da peopo pau eryting Da One In Charge wen tell Joshua dey gotta do. Da peopo go fas fo cross da riva, jalike Moses wen tell Joshua.
11 Wen all da peopo pau cross da riva, da pries guys an Da Box Fo Da One In Charge go da west side a da riva. Den dey pass da odda peopo an go in front dem.
12 Da guys from da Reuben ohana, da Gad ohana, an half da Manasseh ohana go across too, ready fo fight. Dey go in front all da peopo right afta da pries guys, jalike Moses wen tell um fo do.
13 Had bout 40,000 guys wit all dea stuff fo fight, go across in front Da One In Charge, to da flat place aroun Jericho, ready fo make war.
14 Az was da time Da One In Charge make Joshua importan da way all da Israel peopo see um. Dey get plenny respeck fo him all da time he stay alive, jalike dey wen get fo Moses.
15 Den one mo ting Da One In Charge wen tell Joshua:
16 “Tell da pries guys dat carry Da Box Fo No Foget Da Deal fo come up outa da Jordan Riva,”
17 Joshua tell um, “Go come up outa da Jordan Riva.”
18 So da pries guys come up outa da Riva carrying Da Box Fo No Foget Da Deal Da One In Charge Wen Make. Wen dea feets touch dry groun, da watta inside da riva come back an flood ova da sides jalike befo time.
19 Day numba ten, da firs month, da peopo come up outa da Jordan Riva an make camp by Gilgal on da east side a Jericho.
20 Den Joshua set up da twelve stones dey wen take from da riva nea Gilgal.
21 He tell da peopo, “Bumbye, wen yoa kids aks dea faddah guys, ‘How come get dese stones?’
22 Tell dem, ‘Da Israel peopo wen go cross da Jordan Riva on top da dry groun.’
23 Cuz yoa God, Da One In Charge, make da Jordan Riva come dry till you guys go across. Az was jalike he wen do to da Red Sea, da time he make da sea come dry till all da peopo go across.
24 He do dis fo all da peopos on top da earth know dat Da One In Charge get plenny powa! An he do um fo you guys stay sked a Da One In Charge an get respeck fo him all da time!”