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 the Lord said to Moses, Come up to me on the mountain, and take your place there: and I will give you the stones on which I have put in writing the law and the orders, so that you may give the people knowledge of them.

The jewels are to be twelve in number, for the names of the children of Israel; every jewel having the name of one of the twelve tribes cut on it as on a stamp.

And Elijah took twelve stones, the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, Israel will be your name:

The works of the Lord are great, searched out by all those who have delight in them.

And they are there

And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.

And the Lord put him to rest in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor: but no man has knowledge of his resting-place to this day.

And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.

And so he made it a rule and an order for Israel from that day till now.

But the people of Beeroth had gone in flight to Gittaim, where they have been living to this day.)

The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place before the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside; and there they are to this day.

For this cause that field was named, The field of blood, to this day.

So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time.

General references

So take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, a man from every tribe.