Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing. The stones are still there today.
The poles were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place , in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen from outside; they are still there today.
The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of Israel’s sons. Each stone must be engraved like a seal, with one of the names of the twelve tribes.
The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay there so that I may give you the stone tablets with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
Elijah took twelve stones #— #according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Israel will be your name” #— #
The priests carrying the ark continued standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything was completed that the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people, in keeping with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people hurried across,