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Joshua 4:1 (show verse)
After the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord spoke to Joshua:
Joshua 4:2 (show verse)
“Choose 12 men from the people, one man for each tribe,
Joshua 4:3 (show verse)
and command them: Take 12 stones from this place in the middle of the Jordan where the priests are standing, carry them with you, and set them down at the place where you spend the night.”
Joshua 4:4 (show verse)
So Joshua summoned the 12 men he had selected from the Israelites, one man for each tribe,
Joshua 4:5 (show verse)
and said to them, “Go across to the ark of the Lord your God in the middle of the Jordan. Each of you lift a stone onto his shoulder, one for each of the Israelite tribes,
Joshua 4:6 (show verse)
so that this will be a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
Joshua 4:7 (show verse)
you should tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off in front of the ark of the Lord’s covenant. When it crossed the Jordan, the Jordan’s waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will always be a memorial for the Israelites.”
Ark » In the tabernacle. Called the ark » Of the covenant
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Jordan divided
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Commemorated by a pillar of stones in gilgal
Memorials » The twelve stones from jordan
Pillar » By joshua, the crossing of the jordan river
Stones » Memorial pillars of
Token » Memorial stones
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Jordan divided
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Commemorated by a pillar of stones in gilgal
Memorials » The twelve stones from jordan
Pillar » By joshua, the crossing of the jordan river
Stones » Memorial pillars of
Token » Memorial stones
Joshua 4:8 (show verse)
The Israelites did just as Joshua had commanded them. The 12 men took stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each of the Israelite tribes, just as the Lord had told Joshua. They carried them to the camp and set them down there.
Joshua 4:9 (show verse)
Joshua also set up 12 stones in the middle of the Jordan where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing. The stones are there to this day.
Joshua 4:10 (show verse)
The priests carrying the ark continued standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything was completed that the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people, in keeping with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people hurried across,
Joshua 4:11 (show verse)
and after everyone had finished crossing, the priests with the ark of the Lord crossed in the sight of the people.
Joshua 4:12 (show verse)
The Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh went in battle formation in front of the Israelites, as Moses had instructed them.
Joshua 4:13 (show verse)
About 40,000 equipped for war crossed to the plains of Jericho in the Lord’s presence.
Joshua 4:14 (show verse)
On that day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him throughout his life, as they had revered Moses.
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Joshua 4:15 (show verse)
The Lord told Joshua,
Joshua 4:16 (show verse)
“Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony to come up from the Jordan.”
Joshua 4:17 (show verse)
So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up from the Jordan.”
Joshua 4:18 (show verse)
When the priests carrying the ark of the Lord’s covenant came up from the middle of the Jordan, and their feet stepped out on solid ground, the waters of the Jordan resumed their course, flowing over all the banks as before.
Jordan, the river » Remarkable events connected with » Return of its waters to their place
Miracles » Catalogue of » The jordan river divided
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Joshua » Jordan restored to its course
Priest » Duties of » Carry the ark of the covenant » Through the jordan river
Tabernacle » Pitched » At gilgal
Miracles » Catalogue of » The jordan river divided
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Joshua » Jordan restored to its course
Priest » Duties of » Carry the ark of the covenant » Through the jordan river
Tabernacle » Pitched » At gilgal
Joshua 4:19 (show verse)
The people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and camped at Gilgal on the eastern limits of Jericho.
Abib » Enter canaan in
Gilgal » Place of the first encampment of the israelites west of the jordan river
Gilgal » Place of the first encampment of the israelites west of the jordan river » Monument erected in, to commemorate the passage across the jordan river by the people of israel
Instruction » The pillar of twelve stones at the fords of the jordan river
Month » Abib (april) » The israelites cross the jordan river in
Tabernacle » Pitched » At gilgal
Gilgal » Place of the first encampment of the israelites west of the jordan river
Gilgal » Place of the first encampment of the israelites west of the jordan river » Monument erected in, to commemorate the passage across the jordan river by the people of israel
Instruction » The pillar of twelve stones at the fords of the jordan river
Month » Abib (april) » The israelites cross the jordan river in
Tabernacle » Pitched » At gilgal
Joshua 4:20 (show verse)
Then Joshua set up in Gilgal the 12 stones they had taken from the Jordan,
Gilgal » Place of the first encampment of the israelites west of the jordan river » Monument erected in, to commemorate the passage across the jordan river by the people of israel
Instruction » The pillar of twelve stones at the fords of the jordan river
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Commemorated by a pillar of stones in gilgal
Pillars » Of memorial » To commemorate remarkable events
Pillars » Of memorial » Sometimes of a heap of stones
Stones » Memorial pillars of
Instruction » The pillar of twelve stones at the fords of the jordan river
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Commemorated by a pillar of stones in gilgal
Pillars » Of memorial » To commemorate remarkable events
Pillars » Of memorial » Sometimes of a heap of stones
Stones » Memorial pillars of
Joshua 4:21 (show verse)
and he said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’
Gilgal » Place of the first encampment of the israelites west of the jordan river » Monument erected in, to commemorate the passage across the jordan river by the people of israel
Instruction » The pillar of twelve stones at the fords of the jordan river
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Commemorated by a pillar of stones in gilgal
Stones » Memorial pillars of
Instruction » The pillar of twelve stones at the fords of the jordan river
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Commemorated by a pillar of stones in gilgal
Stones » Memorial pillars of
Joshua 4:22 (show verse)
you should tell your children, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’
Gilgal » Place of the first encampment of the israelites west of the jordan river » Monument erected in, to commemorate the passage across the jordan river by the people of israel
Instruction » The pillar of twelve stones at the fords of the jordan river
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Commemorated by a pillar of stones in gilgal
Stones » Memorial pillars of
Instruction » The pillar of twelve stones at the fords of the jordan river
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Commemorated by a pillar of stones in gilgal
Stones » Memorial pillars of
Joshua 4:23 (show verse)
For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.
Godly Fear » Motives to » Wondrous works of God
Gilgal » Place of the first encampment of the israelites west of the jordan river » Monument erected in, to commemorate the passage across the jordan river by the people of israel
Instruction » The pillar of twelve stones at the fords of the jordan river
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Commemorated by a pillar of stones in gilgal
Stones » Memorial pillars of
Gilgal » Place of the first encampment of the israelites west of the jordan river » Monument erected in, to commemorate the passage across the jordan river by the people of israel
Instruction » The pillar of twelve stones at the fords of the jordan river
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Commemorated by a pillar of stones in gilgal
Stones » Memorial pillars of
Joshua 4:24 (show verse)
This is so that all the people of the earth may know that the Lord’s hand is mighty, and so that you may always fear the Lord your God.”
Godly Fear » Should be » Constantly maintained
Godly Fear » Motives to » Wondrous works of God
Gilgal » Place of the first encampment of the israelites west of the jordan river » Monument erected in, to commemorate the passage across the jordan river by the people of israel
God » Hand of » Mighty
Hand » Figurative » Anthropomorphic » Hand of the lord » Is mighty
divine Hand » God's » Mighty
divine Hand » Mighty
Instruction » The pillar of twelve stones at the fords of the jordan river
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Commemorated by a pillar of stones in gilgal
Pillars » Of memorial » To commemorate remarkable events
Power » The lord being powerful
Stones » Memorial pillars of
Strength » The lord being strong
Godly Fear » Motives to » Wondrous works of God
Gilgal » Place of the first encampment of the israelites west of the jordan river » Monument erected in, to commemorate the passage across the jordan river by the people of israel
God » Hand of » Mighty
Hand » Figurative » Anthropomorphic » Hand of the lord » Is mighty
divine Hand » God's » Mighty
divine Hand » Mighty
Instruction » The pillar of twelve stones at the fords of the jordan river
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Commemorated by a pillar of stones in gilgal
Pillars » Of memorial » To commemorate remarkable events
Power » The lord being powerful
Stones » Memorial pillars of
Strength » The lord being strong