Joshua 4:20

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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  • Josh 4:3 : 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.
  • Josh 4:8 : 8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 4:1-10
    10 verses
    84%

    1And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

    2Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

    3And 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.

    4Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

    5And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

    6That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

    7Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

    8And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

    9And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

    10For 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.

  • Josh 4:15-19
    5 verses
    82%

    15And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

    16Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.

    17Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.

    18And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.

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

  • Josh 4:21-22
    2 verses
    82%

    21And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

    22Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

  • Josh 5:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.

    10And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

  • Josh 24:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

    27And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

  • Josh 10:43
    74%

    43And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

  • Josh 10:15
    73%

    15And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

  • Deut 27:4
    72%

    4Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.

  • Deut 27:2
    72%

    2And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:

  • Josh 8:30
    71%

    30Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,

  • Josh 7:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

    26And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

  • Josh 3:1
    70%

    1And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.

  • Josh 10:7
    70%

    7So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour.

  • Gen 31:45
    70%

    45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

  • Deut 11:30
    70%

    30Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

  • Josh 10:9
    69%

    9Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.

  • Josh 10:27
    69%

    27And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.

  • Num 22:1
    69%

    1And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

  • Josh 3:8
    69%

    8And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.

  • Josh 3:13
    68%

    13And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.

  • Josh 7:23
    68%

    23And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.

  • Josh 10:18
    68%

    18And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:

  • Josh 3:11
    68%

    11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.

  • Josh 22:10
    68%

    10And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.

  • Josh 9:27
    68%

    27And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

  • 1 Kgs 18:31
    68%

    31And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

  • Josh 1:12
    68%

    12And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,

  • Josh 3:17
    68%

    17And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.

  • Josh 20:1
    67%

    1The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,