Joshua 4:20
Joshua set up those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, in Gilgal.
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Joshua 4:20
Joshua set up those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, in Gilgal.
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Joshua 4:21
He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean?’
Joshua 4:22
Then you shall let your children know, saying, ‘Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
Joshua 4:23
For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you until you had crossed over, as Yahweh your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had crossed over,
Joshua 4:24
that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh’s hand is mighty, and that you may fear Yahweh your God forever.’ ”
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Joshua 4:3
and command them, saying, ‘Take from out of the middle of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, carry them over with you, and lay them down in the place where you’ll camp tonight.’ ”
Joshua 4:4
Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, a man out of every tribe.
Joshua 4:5
Joshua said to them, “Cross before the ark of Yahweh your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you pick up a stone and put it on your shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;
Joshua 4:6
that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in the future, saying, ‘What do you mean by these stones?’
Joshua 4:7
then you shall tell them, ‘Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of Yahweh’s covenant. When it crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.’ ”
Joshua 4:8
The children of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel. They carried them over with them to the place where they camped, and laid them down there.
Joshua 4:19
The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
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