Joshua 4:5

Modern King James Version

And Joshua said to them, Pass over in front of the ark of Jehovah your God into the middle of the Jordan. And every man take 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 brothers, Gather stones. And they took stones and made a heap. And they ate there upon the heap.

Exodus 24:4

And Moses wrote all the Words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar below the mountain and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Deuteronomy 27:2

And it will be, on the day when you shall pass over Jordan to the land which Jehovah your God gives you, you shall set up great stones and plaster them with plaster.

Deuteronomy 9:1

Hear, O, Israel! You are to pass over Jordan today, to go in to expel nations greater and mightier than you, cities great and fenced up to heaven,

Joshua 22:10

And when they came to the borders of Jordan in the land of Canaan, the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built an altar of grand appearance there by Jordan.

Joshua 4:4

Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had prepared from the sons of Israel, a man out of every tribe.

Joshua 4:6

so that this may be a sign to you when your sons ask in time to come, saying, What do you mean by these stones?