Then Joshua told the Israelites, “In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these rocks mean?’
Joshua 4:20 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version They carried with them the twelve rocks that they had taken from the Jordan River, and Joshua set them up at Gilgal. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And those twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan Joshua set up in Gilgal. American Standard Version (1901) And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal. Common English Bible Joshua set up at Gilgal those twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan. Catholic Public Domain Version Likewise, the twelve stones that they had taken up from the channel of the Jordan, Joshua stationed at Gilgal. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the twelve stones, which they had taken out of the channel of the Jordan, Josue pitched in Galgal, |
Then Joshua told the Israelites, “In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these rocks mean?’
Tell them to look in the river where the priests were standing and get twelve rocks from that place. Carry these rocks with you and put them where you stay tonight.”
So the Israelites obeyed Joshua. They carried twelve rocks from the middle of the Jordan River. There was one rock for each of the twelve tribes of Israel. They did this as the Lord had commanded Joshua. The men carried the rocks with them. Then they put the rocks at the place where they made their camp.