Joshua 4:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel:

Cross References

Genesis 31:46

And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the stones.

Exodus 24:4

Then Moses put down in writing all the words of the Lord, and he got up early in the morning and made an altar at the foot of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

Deuteronomy 27:2

And on the day when you go over Jordan into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, put up great stones, coating them with building-paste,

Deuteronomy 9:1

Give ear, O Israel: today you are to go over Jordan, to take the heritage of nations greater and stronger than yourselves, and towns of great size with walls as high as heaven;

Joshua 22:10

Now when they came to the country by Jordan in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh put up there, by Jordan, a great altar, seen from far.

Joshua 4:4

So Joshua sent for the twelve men, whom he had ready, one man out of every tribe of the children of Israel,

Joshua 4:6

So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?