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

The Lord said to Moses, "Come up to me to the mountain and remain there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandments that I have written, so that you may teach them."

The stones are to be for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to the number of their names. Each name according to the twelve tribes is to be like the engravings of a seal.

Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, "Israel will be your new name."

The Lord's deeds are great, eagerly awaited by all who desire them.

And they are there

So he named it Shibah; that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba to this day.

He buried him in the land of Moab near Beth Peor, but no one knows his exact burial place to this very day.

He moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day.

From that time onward it was a binding ordinance for Israel, right up to the present time.

for the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have remained there as resident foreigners until the present time.)

The poles were so long their ends extending out from the ark were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. They have remained there to this very day.

For this reason that field has been called the "Field of Blood" to this day.

So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day.

General references

Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.