Joshua - Verse by Verse

[Glenda]

Jos 4:1 And it happened, when all the nation had completely crossed over the Jordan, Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,

 

[barb754]

Joshua 4:2 (KJV)
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

 

[doc329]

Joshua 4:3 (KJV)
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.

 

[4square]

Joshua 4:4
Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had prepared from the sons of Israel, a man out of every tribe.

 

[bgoddenia]

Jos 4:5 and said to them, "Go over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites

 

[4square]

Joshua 4:6
so that this may be a sign to you when your sons ask in time to come, saying, What do you mean by these stones?

 

[kerrylee]

Joshua 4:7
you'll say, 'The flow of the Jordan was stopped in front of the Chest of the Covenant of GOD as it crossed the Jordan--stopped in its tracks. These stones are a permanent memorial for the People of Israel.'"

 

[bgoddenia]

Jos 4:8 So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them over with them to their camp, where they put them down.

 

[4square]

Joshua 4:9
even the twelve stones Joshua lifted up in the middle of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant, stood. And they are there to this day.

 

[doc329]

Joshua 4:10 (KJV)
For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.

 

[worldwatcher]

Joshua 4:11
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.

 

[4square]

Joshua 4:12
And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed in front of the sons of Israel, as Moses spoke to them;

 

[kerrylee]

Joshua 4:13(MSG)
All told, about 40,000 armed soldiers crossed over before God to the plains of Jericho, ready for battle.

 

[4square]

Joshua 4:14
On that day Jehovah made Joshua great in the sight of all Israel. And they feared him, even as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

 

[barb754]

Joshua 4:15 (KJV)
And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

 

[Glenda]

Jos 4:16 Order the priests who carry the ark of the testimony, that they rise out of the Jordan.

 

[CaerMac]

Joshua 4:17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.

 

[doc329]

Joshua 4:18 (KJV)
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.

 

[Glenda]

Jos 4:19 And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth of the first month, and camped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

 

[4square]

Joshua 4:20
And those twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan, were raised by Joshua in Gilgal.