Joshua 4:20

New International Reader's Version

Joshua set up the 12 stones at Gilgal. They were the ones the people had taken out of the Jordan.

Cross References

Joshua 4:21

Then he spoke to the Israelites. He said, “In days to come, your children after you will ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’

Joshua 4:3

Tell them to get 12 stones from the middle of the river. They must pick them up from right where the priests stood. They must carry the stones over with all of you. And they must put them down at the place where you will stay tonight.”

Joshua 4:8

So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took 12 stones from the middle of the Jordan River. There was one stone for each of the tribes of Israel. It was just as the Lord had told Joshua. The people carried the stones with them to their camp. There they put them down.