Joshua 4:20 - Forerunner Commentary

Joshua 4:20

18 And it came to pass, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord had come from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet touched the dry land, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place ^aand overflowed all its banks as before.

19 Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they camped ^ain Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.

20 And ^athose twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal.

21 Then he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: ^a“When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’

22 then you shall let your children know, saying, ^a‘Israel crossed over this Jordan on ^bdry land’;

23 for the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, ^awhich He dried up before us until we had crossed over,

24 ^athat all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the Lord, that it is ^bmighty, that you may ^cfear the Lord your God forever.”

Verse Comparison: Joshua 4:20

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American Standard Version
And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.

Amplified® Bible
And those twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan Joshua set up in Gilgal.

Contemporary English Version
The men who had carried the twelve rocks from the Jordan brought them to Joshua, and they made them into a monument.

Darby English Version
And those twelve stones which they had taken out of the Jordan did Joshua set up in Gilgal.

Good News Bible
There Joshua set up the twelve stones taken from the Jordan.

King James Version
And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

New American Standard Bible
Those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal.

New International Version
And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan.

New King James Version
And those twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal.

Revised Standard Version
And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal.

Young's Literal Translation
and these twelve stones, which they have taken out of the Jordan, hath Joshua raised up in Gilgal.

New English Translation
Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the¹ twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

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