Joshua 4:5

Legacy Standard Bible

and Joshua said to them, “Cross again before the ark of Yahweh your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you carry a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel,

Cross References

Genesis 31:46

And Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” So they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

Exodus 24:4

And Moses wrote down all the words of Yahweh. Then he arose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

Deuteronomy 27:2

So it will be on the day when you cross the Jordan to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, that you shall set up for yourself large stones and coat them with lime

Deuteronomy 9:1

“Hear, O Israel! You are crossing over the Jordan today to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, great cities fortified to heaven,

Joshua 22:10

And they came to the region of the Jordan which is in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan, a large altar in appearance.

Joshua 4:4

So Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man from each tribe;

Joshua 4:6

in order that this would be a sign among you, so that when your children ask later, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’