Joshua 4:5 - Easy To Read Version

⁵ Joshua said to the men, “Go out into the river where the Holy Box [14] of the Lord your God is. Each of you must find one rock. There will be one rock for each of the twelve family groups of Israel. Carry that rock on your shoulder.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ and Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God in the midst of the Jordan, and take up every man of you a stone on his shoulder, as is the number of the tribes of the Israelites,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ and Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;

Common English Bible

⁵ Joshua said to them, “Cross over into the middle of the Jordan, up to the LORD your God’s chest. Each of you, lift up a stone on his shoulder to match the number of the tribes of the Israelites.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ and he said to them: "Go before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan, and let each one carry from there one stone on your shoulders, according to the number of the sons of Israel,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And he said to them: Go before the ark of the Lord your God to the midst of the Jordan, and carry from thence every man a stone on your shoulders, according to the number of the children of Israel.

Joshua 4:5 Cross References

Genesis 31:46

He told his men to find some more rocks and make a pile of rocks. Then they ate beside the pile of rocks.

Exodus 24:4

So Moses wrote all of the commands of the Lord {on a scroll}. The next morning, Moses got up and built an altar [155] near the bottom of the mountain. And he set up twelve stones—one for each of the twelve family groups of Israel.

Deuteronomy 27:2

You will soon go across the Jordan River into the land that the Lord your God is giving you. On that day, you must put up large stones. Cover those stones with plaster. [169]

Deuteronomy 9:1

“Listen, you people of Israel! You will go across the Jordan River today. You will go into that land to force out nations greater and stronger than you. Their cities are big and have walls as high as the sky!

Joshua 22:10

The people of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh went to the place called Geliloth. This was near the Jordan River in the land of Canaan. At that place the people built a beautiful altar.

Joshua 4:4

So Joshua chose one man from each family group. Then he called the twelve men together.

Joshua 4:6

These rocks will be a sign for you. In the future, your children will ask you, ‘What do these rocks mean?’