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

Then the LORD told Moses, "Go up to me on the mountain and stay there. I'll give you stone tablets with the instruction and law that I've written to teach the people."

The stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve stones corresponding to their names. They are to be engraved like a signet, each with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes of Jacob's descendants, to whom the message from the LORD had come that "Israel is to be your name."

Great are the acts of the LORD; they are within reach of all who desire them.

And they are there

So Isaac named the well Shebah, which is why the city is named Beer-sheba to this day.

He was buried in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Moab, but no one knows to this day where his burial place is.

So the man traveled to the land of the Hittites and built a city that he named "Luz," and it is called by that name to this day.

From that day forward he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel, and it remains to this present day.

(The residents of Beeroth had evacuated to Gittaim and live there as resident aliens to this day.)

but the poles were long enough for their ends to extend to the front of the inner sanctuary, even though they could not be seen from outside. They remain there to this day.

That is why that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

So the soldiers took the money, did as they were instructed, and this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.

General references

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