Joshua 4:3
and order them to take twelve stones out of the Jordan from the spot where the feet of the priests stood firm. They must carry these stones across and place them on the spot where you spend the night.”
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
In Context
2“Take twelve men from the nation, a man from each tribe,
4Joshua called the twelve men of Israel whom he had ready, one from each of the tribes.
Cross References
Genesis 28:22and this stone which I have set up as a pillar will be a house of God. And of all that you give me I will surely give a tenth to you.”
Joshua 3:13Whenever the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the water of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan will be stopped. The waters which are flowing down, they will be dammed up.”
Joshua 4:19It was on the tenth day of the first month that the people came up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern side of Jericho.
Psalms 103:2O my soul, bless the Lord; and forget not one of his benefits.
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 →