Joshua 4:3
and tell them, ‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests are standing. Then carry them and set them down at the place where you will camp tonight.’”
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In Context
2“Choose twelve men from the people, one per tribe,
4So Joshua sent for the twelve men he had chosen, one from each tribe,
Cross References
Genesis 28:22This stone pillar that I've set up will be the house of God, and I will give you one tenth of all you give me.”
Joshua 3:13The moment the priests carrying the Ark step into the water the river will stop flowing and the water will pile up.”
Joshua 4:19The people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal, to the east of Jericho, on the tenth day of the first month.
1 Samuel 7:12After this Samuel took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Shen. He called it Ebenezer, saying, “The Lord helped us right up to here!”
Psalms 103:2Let every part of me praise the Lord; don't let me forget the wonderful things he's done for me.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 4:2-10
The Passage over the Jordan. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 3 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. 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom… Read the whole commentary →