Joshua 4:20

And those twelve stones which they had taken out of the Jordan did Joshua set up in Gilgal.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the eastern extremity of Jericho.

21And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What [mean] these stones?

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Cross References

Joshua 4:3and command them, saying, Take up hence out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place where ye shall lodge this night.

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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