Joshua 4:5

Easy To Read Version

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.

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?’