Joshua 4:20

New American Bible - revised edition

At Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones that had been taken from the Jordan,

Cross References

Joshua 4:21

saying to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’

Joshua 4:3

and command them, “Take up twelve stones from this spot in the Jordan riverbed where the priests have been standing. Carry them over with you, and place them where you are to stay tonight.”

Joshua 4:8

The twelve Israelites did as Joshua had commanded: they took up twelve stones from the Jordan riverbed as the Lord had said to Joshua, one for each of the tribes of the Israelites. They carried them along to the camp site, and there they placed them.