Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.
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- WEB Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.
- NASB Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day.
- NLT Joshua also set up another pile of twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, at the place where the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant were standing. And they are there to this day.
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Quick answer
Joshua also sets up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan where the priests had stood, and they remained there. A second memorial marks the very place of the miracle.
Overview
Alongside the stones carried to the camp, Joshua erects a memorial in the riverbed itself, at the exact spot of God's wonder. The note that 'they are there to this day' attests to the enduring witness known to later readers. Together the two memorials testify that God truly cut off the Jordan, grounding Israel's faith in a real, remembered act of God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- 1 Sam 7:12Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
- Josh 24:26Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.
- Judg 1:26And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
- Deut 34:6And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.
- Exod 28:21The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
- Ps 111:2–4Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
- Gen 26:33So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
- 1 Sam 30:25And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute as an ordinance for Israel to this very day.
- 2 Sam 4:3because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.
- 2 Chr 5:9The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
- Exod 24:12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
- Gen 28:18Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,
- Matt 28:15So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.
- Matt 27:8That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
- 1 Kgs 18:31And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
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