Joshua 4:3 “and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middl…”

Joshua 4:3

and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And 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.

World English Bible

and command them, saying, ‘Take from out of the middle of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, carry them over with you, and lay them down in the place where you’ll camp tonight.’”

American Standard Version

and command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where ye shall lodge this night.

Geneva Bible 1599

And command you them, saying, Take you hence out of the middes of Iorden, out of the place where the Priestes stoode in a readinesse, twelue stones, which ye shall take away with you, and leaue them in the lodging where you shall lodge this night)

Darby Translation

and command them, saying, Take up hence out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place where ye shall lodge this night.

Young's Literal Translation

and command ye them, saying, Take up for you from this [place], from the midst of the Jordan, from the established standing-place of the feet of the priests, twelve stones, and ye have removed them over with you, and placed them in the lodging-place in which ye lodge to-night.'

Bible in Basic English

And say to them, Take up from the middle of Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests were resting, twelve stones, and take them over with you and put them down in the place where you take your rest tonight.

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Cross references

“the priest's fees”

Joshua 3:13

Joshua 3:13 · BSB

When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.”

“twelve stones”

Joshua 24:27 Genesis 28:22 Deuteronomy 27:1–26 1 Samuel 7:12 Psalm 103:2 Psalm 11:4

Joshua 24:27 · BSB

And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”

Genesis 28:22 · BSB

And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”

Deuteronomy 27:1–26 · BSB

Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the commandments I am giving you today.

1 Samuel 7:12 · BSB

Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”

Psalm 103:2 · BSB

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—

Psalm 11:4 · BSB

The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.

“leave them”

Joshua 4:8 Joshua 4:19 Joshua 4:20

Joshua 4:8 · BSB

Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where the…

Joshua 4:19 · BSB

On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

Joshua 4:20 · BSB

And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2“Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,

4So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,

Read Joshua 4