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.
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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.
- 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.
- 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 Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Yahweh helped us until now.”
- Josh 24:26Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.
- Judg 1:26The man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
- Deut 34:6He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth Peor, but no man knows where his tomb is to this day.
- Exod 28:21The stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.
- Ps 111:2–4Yahweh’s works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.
- Gen 26:33He called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
- 1 Sam 30:25It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
- 2 Sam 4:3and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until today).
- 2 Chr 5:9The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark in front of the inner sanctuary; but they were not seen outside; and it is there to this day.
- Exod 24:12Yahweh said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them.”
- Gen 28:18Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.
- Matt 28:15So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until today.
- Matt 27:8Therefore that field was called “The Field of Blood” to this day.
- 1 Kgs 18:31Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom Yahweh’s word came, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”
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