Joshua 4:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Joshua set up in Gilgal the twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan.

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  • Josh 4:3 : 3 And command them, saying, Take from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and leave them in the place where you will lodge tonight.
  • Josh 4:8 : 8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as the LORD spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

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  • Josh 4:1-10
    10 verses
    84%

    1And it happened, when all the people had completely passed over the Jordan, that the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

    2Take twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe,

    3And command them, saying, Take from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and leave them in the place where you will lodge tonight.

    4Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had appointed from the children of Israel, one man from each tribe,

    5And Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and every one of you take a stone upon his shoulder, according to 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 do these stones mean?

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

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

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

    10For the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hurried and passed over.

  • Josh 4:15-19
    5 verses
    82%

    15And the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

    16Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony to come up out of the Jordan.

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

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

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

  • Josh 4:21-22
    2 verses
    82%

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

    22Then you 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 to Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Therefore the name of the place is called Gilgal to this day.

    10And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening 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 large stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

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

  • Josh 10:43
    74%

    43Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.

  • Josh 10:15
    73%

    15Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.

  • Deut 27:4
    72%

    4Therefore it shall be when you have crossed the Jordan, that you shall set up these stones, which I command you today, in Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster.

  • Deut 27:2
    72%

    2And it shall be on the day when you pass over the Jordan into the land which the LORD your God gives you, that you shall set up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:

  • Josh 8:30
    71%

    30Then Joshua built an altar to the LORD God of Israel in Mount Ebal,

  • Josh 7:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25And Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? the LORD shall trouble you 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. Therefore 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 moved from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they crossed 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 valor.

  • 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 of the Jordan, by the way where the sun goes down, in the land of the Canaanites, who dwell in the plain over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

  • Josh 10:9
    69%

    9Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly, having marched all night from Gilgal.

  • Josh 10:27
    69%

    27So it was at the time of the going down of the sun that Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, cast them into the cave where they had hidden, and laid large stones against the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.

  • Num 22:1
    69%

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

  • Josh 3:8
    69%

    8And you shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.

  • Josh 3:13
    68%

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

  • Josh 7:23
    68%

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

  • Josh 10:18
    68%

    18So Joshua said, Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to guard them.

  • Josh 3:11
    68%

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

  • Josh 22:10
    68%

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

  • Josh 9:27
    68%

    27And Joshua made them that day woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even to this day, in the place which He would choose.

  • 1 Kgs 18:31
    68%

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

  • Josh 1:12
    68%

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

  • Josh 3:17
    68%

    17And the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all the Israelites crossed over on dry ground, until all the people had crossed completely over the Jordan.

  • Josh 20:1
    67%

    1The LORD also spoke to Joshua, saying,