Joshua 4:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Now the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandments which I have written for their instruction.”

The [engraved] stones shall be twelve, according to the names of [the twelve tribes of] the sons of Israel; they shall be like the engravings of a signet, each with its name for the twelve tribes.

Then Elijah took twelve stones in accordance with the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”

Great are the works of the Lord,
Studied by all those who delight in them.

And they are there

So he named the well Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

And He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor; but no man knows where his burial place is to this day.

The man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and named it Luz, which is its name to this day.

So from that day forward he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been resident aliens there to this day).

The poles were so long that the ends of the poles of the ark were visible from the front of the Holy of Holies (inner sanctuary), but were not visible from the outside. They are there to this day.

Therefore that piece of ground has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

So they took the money [they were paid for lying] and did as they were instructed; and this [fabricated] story was widely spread among the Jews, and is to the present day.

General references

So now take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from each tribe.