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.
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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.
- BSB 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.
- 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 7:12Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
- Josh 24:26And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
- Judg 1:26And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
- Deut 34:6And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
- Exod 28:21And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
- Ps 111:2–4The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
- Gen 26:33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
- 1 Sam 30:25And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
- 2 Sam 4:3And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
- 2 Chr 5:9And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.
- Exod 24:12And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
- Gen 28:18And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
- Matt 28:15So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
- Matt 27:8Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
- 1 Kgs 18:31And 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:
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