Joshua 4:5

New Living Translation

He told them, “Go into the middle of the Jordan, in front of the Ark of the Lord your God. Each of you must pick up one stone and carry it out on your shoulder—twelve stones in all, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Cross References

Genesis 31:46

Then he told his family members, “Gather some stones.” So they gathered stones and piled them in a heap. Then Jacob and Laban sat down beside the pile of stones to eat a covenant meal.

Exodus 24:4

Then Moses carefully wrote down all the Lord’s instructions. Early the next morning Moses got up and built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He also set up twelve pillars, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Deuteronomy 27:2

When you cross the Jordan River and enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster.

Deuteronomy 9:1

“Listen, O Israel! Today you are about to cross the Jordan River to take over the land belonging to nations much greater and more powerful than you. They live in cities with walls that reach to the sky!

Joshua 22:10

But while they were still in Canaan, and when they came to a place called Geliloth near the Jordan River, the men of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh stopped to build a large and imposing altar.

Joshua 4:4

So Joshua called together the twelve men he had chosen—one from each of the tribes of Israel.

Joshua 4:6

We will use these stones to build a memorial. In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’