Joshua 4:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’ ”

Young's Literal Translation
and command ye them, saying, Take up for you from this [place], from the midst of the Jordan, from the established standing-place of the feet of the priests, twelve stones, and ye have removed them over with you, and placed them in the lodging-place in which ye lodge to-night.’

King James Bible
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

Hebrew
and command them:
וְצַוּ֣וּ (wə·ṣaw·wū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

‘Take up
שְׂאֽוּ־ (śə·’ū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

for yourselves
לָכֶ֨ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

twelve
שְׁתֵּים־ (šə·têm-)
Number - fd
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

stones
אֲבָנִ֑ים (’ă·ḇā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 68: A stone

from
מִזֶּ֜ה (miz·zeh)
Preposition-m | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

the middle
מִתּ֣וֹךְ (mit·tō·wḵ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

of the Jordan
הַיַּרְדֵּ֗ן (hay·yar·dên)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3383: Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine

where the priests
הַכֹּהֲנִ֔ים (hak·kō·hă·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3548: Priest

were standing,
הָכִ֖ין (hā·ḵîn)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 3559: To be erect

carry
וְהַעֲבַרְתֶּ֤ם (wə·ha·‘ă·ḇar·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

them with you,
עִמָּכֶ֔ם (‘im·mā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

and set them down
וְהִנַּחְתֶּ֣ם (wə·hin·naḥ·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 3240: Bestow, cast down, lay down, up, leave off, let alone remain, pacify, place,

in the place
בַּמָּל֕וֹן (bam·mā·lō·wn)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4411: A lodgment, caravanserai, encampment

where
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you spend
תָּלִ֥ינוּ (tā·lî·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate

the night.’”
הַלָּֽיְלָה׃ (hal·lā·yə·lāh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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