(ח) וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־כֵ֣ן בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֘ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֣ה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֒ וַיִּשְׂא֡וּ שְׁתֵּֽי־עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה אֲבָנִ֜ים מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַיַּרְדֵּ֗ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ לְמִסְפַּ֖ר שִׁבְטֵ֣י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיַּעֲבִר֤וּם עִמָּם֙ אֶל־הַמָּל֔וֹן וַיַּנִּח֖וּם שָֽׁם׃ (ט) וּשְׁתֵּ֧ים עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה אֲבָנִ֗ים הֵקִ֣ים יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֮ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַיַּרְדֵּן֒ תַּ֗חַת מַצַּב֙ רַגְלֵ֣י הַכֹּהֲנִ֔ים נֹשְׂאֵ֖י אֲר֣וֹן הַבְּרִ֑ית וַיִּ֣הְיוּ שָׁ֔ם עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃
(8) The Israelites did as Joshua ordered. They picked up twelve stones, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel, from the middle of the Jordan—as the LORD had charged Joshua—and they took them along with them to their night encampment and deposited them there. (9) Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, at the spot where the feet of the priests bearing the Ark of the Covenant had stood; and they have remained there to this day.
כּוֹפִין בְּנֵי הָעִיר זֶה אֶת זֶה לַעֲשׂוֹת חוֹמָה דְּלָתַיִם וּבָרִיחַ לָעִיר וְלִבְנוֹת לָהֶן בֵּית הַכְּנֶסֶת וְלִקְנוֹת סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה וּנְבִיאִים וּכְתוּבִים כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּקְרָא בָּהֶן כָּל מִי שֶׁיִּרְצֶה לִקְרוֹת מִן הַצִּבּוּר:
The inhabitants of a town may lawfully compel one another to share in building a defense wall, gates and bars for the town, to help build a synagogue for their use, and to purchase a Sefer Torah and books of the Prophets and Sacred Writings, so that any member of the community may read them whenever he pleases.