Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The priests' feet

Leave them

General references

Bible References

The priests' feet

Joshua 3:13
When the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD, the Lord of the whole earth, touch the water in the Jordan River, the water that feeds the Jordan will be cut off from above and they'll stand still in a single location."

Leave them

Joshua 4:8
The Israelis did just as Joshua commanded. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan River just as the LORD had spoken to Joshua according to the number of the tribes of the Israelis, and they carried them over to where they would be pitching camp, and they put them down there.

General references

Joshua 4:20
Joshua set up the twelve stones that they had removed from the Jordan River at Gilgal.

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