Joshua 4:5

The English Standar Version

And Joshua said to them, "Pass on before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up each of you a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel,

Cross References

Genesis 31:46

And Jacob said to his kinsmen, "Gather stones." And 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 the LORD. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Deuteronomy 27:2

And on the day you cross over the Jordan to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall set up large stones and plaster them with plaster.

Deuteronomy 9:1

"Hear, O Israel: you are to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

Joshua 22:10

And when they came to the region of the Jordan that is in the land of Canaan, the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, an altar of imposing size.

Joshua 4:4

Then Joshua called the twelve men from the people of Israel, whom he had appointed, a man from each tribe.

Joshua 4:6

that this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in time to come, 'What do those stones mean to you?'