Joshua 4:9

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Summary

And 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.

Set up twelve

And they are there

General references

Joshua 3:12

Bible References

Set up twelve

And Jehovah said to Moses, Come up to me into the mountain, and be there; and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the commandment that I have written, for their instruction.

And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved as a seal: every one according to his name shall they be for the twelve tribes.

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Jehovah came saying, Israel shall be thy name;

Great are the works of Jehovah; sought out of all that delight in them.

And they are there

And he called it Shebah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.

And he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-Peor; and no man knows his sepulchre to this day.

And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and called its name Luz; that is its name to this day.

And it was so from that day forward; and he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

And the Beerothites had fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.

And the staves were long, so that the ends of the staves were seen outside the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there they are to this day.

Wherefore that field has been called Blood-field unto this day.

And they took the money and did as they had been taught. And this report is current among the Jews until this day.

General references

And now take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.