Joshua 4:20

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And these twelve stones that they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal.

Latin

Duodecim quoque lapides, quos de Jordanis alveo sumpserant, posuit Josue in Galgalis,

Hebrew

English

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

The tenth day of the first month: This happened a few days before the Passover feast.
Gilgal became an important worship center for early Israel. Although its exact location is uncertain, it was somewhere just east or northeast of Jericho. Its name means “wheel of a cart” (compare Isaiah 28:28). This suggests that Joshua set up the 12 stones in a circle (see study note on Joshua 5:9).

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua 4:3
…and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”
Joshua 4:8
Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.

Joshua: Moses' assistant who led Israel into Canaan

Gilgal: A significant site during Israel's early history in Canaan Jordan: A river and region, significant in Israel's history