He said to the Israelites, ‘In the future when your descendants ask their parents, “What do these stones mean?”
Joshua 4:20 - New International Version (Anglicised) And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan. 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, |
He said to the Israelites, ‘In the future when your descendants ask their parents, “What do these stones mean?”
and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.’
So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord had told Joshua; and they carried them over with them to their camp, where they put them down.