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Joshua 4

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  1. 1And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,3 cross-references: Deuteronomy 27:2, Joshua 3:17
  2. 2Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,12 cross-references: Joshua 3:12, Numbers 34:18, Numbers 13:2, 1 Kings 18:31, Matthew 10:1–5
  3. 3And 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.16 cross-references: Joshua 4:19–20, Joshua 3:13, Joshua 4:8, Luke 19:40, 1 Samuel 7:12
  4. 4Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:3 cross-references: Joshua 4:2, Mark 3:14–19
  5. 5And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
  6. 6That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?31 cross-references: Exodus 13:14, Joshua 4:21, Psalms 44:1, Deuteronomy 11:19, Joshua 22:27
  7. 7Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.23 cross-references: Exodus 12:14, Exodus 28:12, Numbers 16:40, Psalms 111:4, Joshua 3:13–16
  8. 8And 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 Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.7 cross-references: Joshua 4:20, Joshua 4:2–5, Joshua 1:16–18
  9. 9And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.27 cross-references: 1 Samuel 7:12, Exodus 24:12, Judges 1:26, 2 Chronicles 5:9, Joshua 24:26
  10. 10For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.18 cross-references: Joshua 3:13, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Isaiah 28:16, 2 Corinthians 6:2, Proverbs 27:1
  11. 11And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.3 cross-references: Joshua 3:8, Joshua 3:17, Joshua 4:18
  12. 12And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:10 cross-references: Numbers 32:20–32, Joshua 1:14
  13. 13About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.7 cross-references: Ephesians 6:11, Jeremiah 39:5, 2 Kings 25:5, Jeremiah 52:8, Joshua 5:10
  14. 14On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.15 cross-references: Joshua 3:7, 2 Chronicles 30:12, Joshua 1:16–18, 1 Kings 3:28, Romans 13:4
  15. 15And the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,
  16. 16Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.6 cross-references: Joshua 3:3–6, Exodus 25:16–22, Revelation 11:19
  17. 17Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.4 cross-references: Genesis 8:16–18, Acts 16:23, Acts 16:35–39, Daniel 3:26
  18. 18And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.12 cross-references: Joshua 3:15, Exodus 14:26–28, 1 Chronicles 12:15, Isaiah 8:8, Joshua 3:13
  19. 19And 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.21 cross-references: Joshua 5:9, Micah 6:5, 1 Samuel 15:33, Amos 4:4, 1 Samuel 11:14–15
  20. 20And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.10 cross-references: Joshua 4:3, Joshua 4:8
  21. 21And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?15 cross-references: Joshua 4:6, Psalms 145:4–7, Psalms 105:2–5
  22. 22Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.9 cross-references: Joshua 3:17, Isaiah 51:10, Exodus 15:19, Revelation 16:12, Psalms 66:5–6
  23. 23For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:11 cross-references: Exodus 14:21, Isaiah 63:12–14, Isaiah 43:16, Psalms 77:16–19, Nehemiah 9:11
  24. 24That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever.25 cross-references: Psalms 106:8, Psalms 89:13, 1 Kings 8:42–43, 1 Chronicles 29:12, 2 Kings 19:19

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People in Joshua 4

God, Joshua, Jacob, Moses, Reuben, Gad, Manasseh

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Jordan, Jericho, Gilgal, Red Sea

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