Verse 10
And when they came{H935} unto the region about the Jordan,{H3383} that is in the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the {H2677} half-tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519} built{H1129} there an altar{H4196} by the Jordan,{H3383} a great{H1419} altar{H4196} to{H4758} look upon.{H4758}
Referenced Verses
- Gen 28:18 : 18 And Jacob{H3290} rose up early{H7925} in the morning,{H1242} and took{H3947} the stone{H68} that he had put{H7760} under his head,{H4763} and set it up{H7760} for a pillar,{H4676} and poured{H3332} oil{H8081} upon the top of it.{H7218}
- Gen 31:46-52 : 46 And Jacob{H3290} said{H559} unto his brethren,{H251} Gather{H3950} stones;{H68} and they took{H3947} stones,{H68} and made{H6213} a heap:{H1530} and they did eat{H398} there by the heap.{H1530} 47 And Laban{H3837} called{H7121} it Jegar-saha-dutha:{H3026} but Jacob{H3290} called{H7121} it Galeed.{H1567} 48 And Laban{H3837} said,{H559} This heap{H1530} is witness{H5707} between me and thee this day.{H3117} Therefore was the name{H8034} of it called{H7121} Galeed:{H1567} 49 and Mizpah,{H4709} for{H834} he said,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} watch{H6822} between me and thee, when we are absent{H5641} one{H376} from another.{H7453} 50 If thou shalt afflict{H6031} my daughters,{H1323} and if thou shalt take{H3947} wives{H802} besides{H5921} my daughters,{H1323} no man{H376} is with us; see,{H7200} God{H430} is witness{H5707} betwixt me and thee. 51 And Laban{H3837} said{H559} to Jacob,{H3290} Behold this heap,{H1530} and behold the pillar,{H4676} which I have set{H3384} betwixt me and thee. 52 This heap{H1530} be witness,{H5707} and the pillar{H4676} be witness,{H5713} that I will not pass over{H5674} this heap{H1530} to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over{H5674} this heap{H1530} and this pillar{H4676} unto me, for harm.{H7451}
- Josh 4:5-9 : 5 and Joshua{H3091} said{H559} unto them, Pass over{H5674} before{H6440} the ark{H727} of Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} into the midst{H8432} of the Jordan,{H3383} and take you up{H7311} every{H259} man{H376} of you a stone{H68} upon his shoulder,{H7926} according unto the number{H4557} of the tribes{H7626} of the children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} 6 that this may be a sign{H226} among{H7130} you, that, when your children{H1121} ask{H7592} in time to come,{H4279} saying,{H559} What mean ye by these stones?{H68} 7 then ye shall say{H559} unto them, Because the waters{H4325} of the Jordan{H3383} were cut off{H3772} before{H6440} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah;{H3068} when it passed over{H5674} the Jordan,{H3383} the waters{H4325} of the Jordan{H3383} were cut off:{H3772} and these stones{H68} shall be for a memorial{H2146} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} for{H5704} ever.{H5769} 8 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did{H6213} so as Joshua{H3091} commanded,{H6680} and took up{H5375} twelve{H8147} stones{H68} out of the midst{H8432} of the Jordan,{H3383} as Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Joshua,{H3091} according to the number{H4557} of the tribes{H7626} of the children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} and they carried them over{H5674} with them unto the place where they lodged,{H4411} and laid them down{H3240} there. 9 And Joshua{H3091} set up{H6965} twelve{H8147} stones{H68} in the midst{H8432} of the Jordan,{H3383} in the place where the feet{H7272} of the priests{H3548} that bare{H5375} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} stood:{H4673} and they are there unto this day.{H3117}
- Josh 22:25-28 : 25 for Jehovah{H3068} hath made{H5414} the Jordan{H3383} a border{H1366} between us and you, ye children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and children{H1121} of Gad;{H1410} ye have no portion{H2506} in Jehovah:{H3068} so might your children{H1121} make{H7673} our children{H1121} cease{H7673} from{H1115} fearing{H3372} Jehovah.{H3068} 26 Therefore we said,{H559} Let us now prepare{H6213} to build{H1129} us an altar,{H4196} not for burnt-offering,{H5930} nor for sacrifice:{H2077} 27 but it shall be a witness{H5707} between us and you, and between our generations{H1755} after{H310} us, that we may do{H5647} the service{H5656} of Jehovah{H3068} before{H6440} him with our burnt-offerings,{H5930} and with our sacrifices,{H2077} and with our peace-offerings;{H5930} that your children{H1121} may not say{H559} to our children{H1121} in time to come,{H4279} Ye have no portion{H2506} in Jehovah.{H3068} 28 Therefore said{H559} we, It shall be, when they so say{H559} to us or to our generations{H1755} in time to come,{H4279} that we shall say,{H559} Behold{H7200} the pattern{H8403} of the altar{H4196} of Jehovah,{H3068} which our fathers{H1} made,{H6213} not for burnt-offering,{H5930} nor for sacrifice;{H2077} but it is a witness{H5707} between us and you.
- Josh 24:26-27 : 26 And Joshua{H3091} wrote{H3789} these words{H1697} in the book{H5612} of the law{H8451} of God;{H430} and he took{H3947} a great{H1419} stone,{H68} and set it up{H6965} there under the oak{H427} that was by the sanctuary{H4720} of Jehovah.{H3068} 27 And Joshua{H3091} said{H559} unto all the people,{H5971} Behold, this stone{H68} shall be a witness{H5713} against us; for it hath heard{H8085} all the words{H561} of Jehovah{H3068} which he spake{H1696} unto us: it shall be therefore a witness{H5713} against you, lest ye deny{H3584} your God.{H430}