Joshua 4:20 KJV — MannaFest

Joshua 4:20

And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

KJV

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ASV

And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.

WEB

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

YLT

and these twelve stones, which they have taken out of the Jordan, hath Joshua raised up in Gilgal.

DBT

And those twelve stones which they had taken out of the Jordan did Joshua set up in Gilgal.

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Joshua — The entry narrative — Israel crosses the Jordan, takes the Land through three conquest campaigns, and renews covenant at Shechem. The hinge between Torah's promises and the historical record of those promises unfolding.

Author: Joshua himself at least in part (24:26 — ‘Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God’); later editorial framing traditional
Date: Events c. 1400 BC (early) or 1230 BC (late); compilation across the early-monarchy period

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9 verses on the floor

1 Samuel 7:12
Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben–ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.
Joshua 4:3
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.
Joshua 4:8
And 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.
1 Kings 18:31
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
Genesis 31:46
And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

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9 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.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The pile was designed to serve a double purpose--that of impressing the heathen with a sense of the omnipotence of God, while at the same time it would teach an important lesson in religion to the young and rising Israelites in after ages.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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