Joshua 4:9

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And Joshua set up and two and ten stones in the midst of the Jordan, under the standing place of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant. And they are there to this day.

Latin

Alios quoque duodecim lapides posuit Josue in medio Jordanis alveo, ubi steterunt sacerdotes qui portabant arcam fœderis: et sunt ibi usque in præsentem diem.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Joshua 4:9

A second memorial of twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan River became covered with water when the river resumed its flow. The top of the monument would be visible during the dry summer seasons.
are there to this day: This shows that the memorials stood for generations, until the final editing of the book (see Joshua Book Introduction, “Author and Date”).

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua

Events

War with Canaanites

Related verses

1 Samuel 7:12
Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
Exodus 24:12
Then 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.”
2 Chronicles 5:9
The 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.
2 Samuel 4:3
…because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.
Joshua 24:26
Joshua 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.
Exodus 28:21
The 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.
Judges 1:26
And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
1 Samuel 30:25
And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute and ordinance for Israel to this very day.
Psalm 111:2–4
Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
Genesis 28:18
Early 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,
Deuteronomy 34:6
And 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.
Genesis 26:33
So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

People

Joshua: Moses' assistant who led Israel into Canaan

Places

Jordan: A river and region, significant in Israel's history

Glossary

Ark of the Covenant Conquest and Allotment of the Land Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Rahab (Person) Tribe of Dan

Topics

Instruction in Religion Pillar by Joshua, the Crossing of the Jordan River Pillars of Memorial: Sometimes of a Heap of Stones Stones: Memorial Pillars of the River Jordan: Passage of Israel Over: Commemorated by a Pillar of Stones Raised in It Token: Memorial Stones

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