Joshua 4:20

And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua put up in Gilgal.

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In The King James Version

And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

In Context

19So on the tenth day of the first month the people came up out of Jordan, and put up their tents in Gilgal, on the east side of Jericho.

21And he said to the children of Israel, When your children say to their fathers in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?

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Cross References

Joshua 4:3And say to them, Take up from the middle of Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests were resting, twelve stones, and take them over with you and put them down in the place where you take your rest tonight.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 4:11-20

10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over. 11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. 12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the… Read the whole commentary →

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