Joshua 4 (NET)

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Joshua 4:1¹When the entire nation was on the other side, the Lord told Joshua,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 27:2 Josh 3:17

Joshua 4:2²“Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 3:12 1 Kgs 18:31 Deut 1:23 Matt 10:1-5 Num 1:4-15 Num 13:2 Num 34:18

Joshua 4:3³Instruct them, ‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 4:19-20 Josh 3:13 Josh 4:8 1 Sam 7:12 Deut 27:1-26 Gen 28:22 Josh 24:27 Luke 19:40 Ps 103:2 Ps 11:4

Joshua 4:4⁴Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 4:2 Mark 3:14-19

Joshua 4:5⁵Joshua told them, “Go in front of the ark of the Lord your God to the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to put a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the Israelite tribes.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Joshua 4:6⁶The stones will be a reminder to you. When your children ask someday, ‘Why are these stones important to you?’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 13:14 Josh 4:21 Ps 44:1 Deut 6:20-21 Deut 11:19 Josh 22:27 Exod 12:26-27 Isa 38:19 Isa 55:13 Ps 71:18

Joshua 4:7⁷tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 12:14 Exod 28:12 Num 16:40 Ps 111:4 Josh 3:13-16 1 Cor 11:24 Isa 66:3 Josh 4:6 Exod 30:16

Joshua 4:8⁸The Israelites did just as Joshua commanded. They picked up twelve stones, according to the number of the Israelite tribes, from the middle of the Jordan as the Lord had instructed Joshua. They carried them over with them to the camp and put them there.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 1:16-18 Josh 4:2-5 Josh 4:20

Joshua 4:9⁹Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 7:12 1 Sam 30:25 2 Chr 5:9 2 Sam 4:3 Deut 34:6 Exod 24:12 Exod 28:21 Gen 26:33 Gen 28:18 Josh 24:26

Joshua 4:10¹⁰Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 3:13 2 Cor 6:2 Deut 31:9 Eccl 9:10 Exod 12:39 Heb 3:7-8 Isa 28:16 Josh 3:16-17 Num 27:21-23 Prov 27:1

Joshua 4:11¹¹and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the Lord and the priests crossed as the people looked on.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 3:8 Josh 3:17 Josh 4:18

Joshua 4:12¹²The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 1:14 Num 32:20-32

Joshua 4:13¹³About 40,000 battle-ready troops marched past the Lord to fight on the rift valley plains of Jericho.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eph 6:11 2 Kgs 25:5 Jer 39:5 Jer 52:8 Josh 5:10

Joshua 4:14¹⁴That day the Lord brought honor to Joshua before all Israel. They respected him all his life, just as they had respected Moses.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 3:7 2 Chr 30:12 1 Kgs 3:28 Josh 1:16-18 Rom 13:4 1 Sam 12:18 Exod 14:31 Prov 24:21 1 Cor 10:2

Joshua 4:15¹⁵The Lord told Joshua,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Joshua 4:16¹⁶“Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenantal laws to come up from the Jordan.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 25:16-22 Josh 3:3-6 Rev 11:19

Joshua 4:17¹⁷So Joshua instructed the priests, “Come up from the Jordan!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 8:16-18 Acts 16:23 Acts 16:35-39 Dan 3:26

Joshua 4:18¹⁸The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord came up from the middle of the Jordan, and as soon as they set foot on dry land, the water of the Jordan flowed again and returned to flood stage.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 3:15 1 Chr 12:15 Exod 14:26-28 Isa 8:8 Josh 3:13

Joshua 4:19¹⁹The people went up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped in Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 5:9 Mic 6:5 1 Sam 11:14-15 1 Sam 15:33 Amos 4:4 Amos 5:5 Exod 12:2-3 Josh 10:43 Josh 10:6 Josh 15:7

Joshua 4:20²⁰Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 4:3 Josh 4:8

Joshua 4:21²¹He told the Israelites, “When your children someday ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones represent?’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 4:6 Ps 145:4-7 Ps 105:2-5

Joshua 4:22²²explain to your children, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 3:17 Isa 51:10 Exod 14:29 Exod 15:19 Isa 11:15-16 Isa 44:27 Ps 66:5-6 Rev 16:12

Joshua 4:23²³For the Lord your God dried up the water of the Jordan before you while you crossed over. It was just like when the Lord your God dried up the Red Sea before us while we crossed it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 14:21 Isa 43:16 Isa 63:12-14 Neh 9:11 Ps 77:16-19 Ps 78:13

Joshua 4:24²⁴He has done this so all the nations of the earth might recognize the Lord ’s power and so you might always obey the Lord your God.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 106:8 1 Kgs 8:42-43 Ps 89:13 1 Chr 29:12 2 Kgs 19:19 Exod 14:31 Exod 15:16 Deut 6:2 1 Sam 17:46 2 Kgs 5:15