KJV King James Version
And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
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Joshua 4:20
And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.
WEB World English Bible
Joshua set up those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, in Gilgal.
ASV American Standard Version
And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and these twelve stones, which they have taken out of the Jordan, hath Joshua raised up in Gilgal.
Surrounding context — Joshua 4
17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, [and] the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as [they did] before.
19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth [day] of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What [mean] these stones?
22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
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וְאֵת֩H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁתֵּ֨יםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoעֶשְׂרֵ֤הH6240 · a.sartenהָֽאֲבָנִים֙H68 · e.venstoneהָאֵ֔לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichלָקְח֖וּH3947 · la.qachto take: takeמִן־H4480 · minfromהַיַּרְדֵּ֑ןH3383 · yar.denJordanהֵקִ֥יםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiיְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַH3091 · ye.ho.shu.aJoshuaבַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃H1537 · gil.galGilgal
Cross-references
Joshua 4:8And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.Joshua 4:3And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
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