Yehoshua Perek 4

• In middle of crossing the Yarden, Hashem commands Yehoshua to take one man from each tribe to gather a total of 12 stones as a monument of the miracle that Hashem had just performed.

• These stones were placed as a memorial for later generations of Klal Yisroel and for all of mankind as a reminder of Hashem’s greatness.

• Yehoshua fulfilled Hashem’s word and commanded twelve men from twelve different tribes to pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Yarden and place them on the riverbank on Eretz Yisroel’s side of the Yarden.

• The Kohanim finished crossing the Yarden with Klal Yisroel. The waters of the Yarden returned to their original place.

• 40,000 Jewish men went forth to battle Yericho.