Joshua 4:3
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
KJV
et præcipe eis ut tollant de medio Jordanis alveo, ubi steterunt pedes sacerdotum, duodecim durissimos lapides, quos ponetis in loco castrorum, ubi fixeritis hac nocte tentoria.
Vulgate
σύνταξον αὐτοῖς Καὶ ἀνέλεσθε ἐκ μέσου τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ἑτοίμους δώδεκα λίθους, καὶ τούτους διακομίσαντες ἅμα ὑμῖν καὶ αὐτοῖς θέτε αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ στρατοπεδίᾳ ὑμῶν, οὗ ἐὰν παρεμβάλητε ἐκεῖ τὴν νύκτα.
LXX
and command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where ye shall lodge this night.
ASV
וְ/צַוּ֣וּ אוֹתָ/ם֮ לֵ/אמֹר֒ שְׂאֽוּ לָ/כֶ֨ם מִ/זֶּ֜ה מִ/תּ֣וֹךְ הַ/יַּרְדֵּ֗ן מִ/מַּצַּב֙ רַגְלֵ֣י הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֔ים הָכִ֖ין שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה אֲבָנִ֑ים וְ/הַעֲבַרְתֶּ֤ם אוֹתָ/ם֙ עִמָּ/כֶ֔ם וְ/הִנַּחְתֶּ֣ם אוֹתָ֔/ם בַּ/מָּל֕וֹן אֲשֶׁר תָּלִ֥ינוּ ב֖/וֹ הַ/לָּֽיְלָה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
21 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Passages from Moses, which the heretics pervert to the support of their hypothesis. 1. And while they affirm such things as these concerning the creation, every one of them generates something new, day by day, according to his ability; for no one is deemed perfect, who does not develop among them some mighty fictions. It is thus necessary, first, to indicate what things they me…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 18:31 — And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
- Eccl 3:5 — A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
- Josh 3:13 — And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall
- Josh 3:17 — And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean
- Josh 4:8 — And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Isr
- Josh 4:19 — And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
- Josh 4:20 — And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
- Luke 3:8 — Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto