Joshua 4:1
And it came to pass, when all the people had finished passing over the Jordan, That the Lord said unto Joshua, as followeth,
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2Take yourselves twelve men out of the people, one man each out of every tribe,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:2And it shall be on the day when ye pass over the Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set up for thyself great stones, and cover them with plaster;
Joshua 24:11And ye passed over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho; and then fought the men of Jericho against you, the Emorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I gave them up into your hand.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 4:1
This chapter gives a further account of the miraculous passage of Israel through Jordan. I. The provision that was made at that time to preserve the memorial of it, by twelve stones set up in Jordan ( ver. 9 ) and other twelve stones taken up out of Jordan, ver. 1-8 . II. The march of the people through Jordan's channel, the two tribes first, then all the people, and the priests that bore the ark last, ver. 10-14 . III. The closing of the waters again upon their coming up with the ark, ver. 15-19 . IV. The… Read the whole commentary →