Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 4

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Joshua 4 . 1 , Twelve men are appointed to take twelve stones for a memorial out of Jordan; Joshua 4 . 9 , Twelve other stones are set up in the midst of Jordan; Joshua 4 . 10 , The people pass over; Joshua 4 . 14 , God magnifies Joshua; Joshua 4 . 15 , The priests commanded to come out of Jordan; Joshua 4 . 20 , The twelve stones are pitched in Gilgal.

Joshua 4:1

When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,

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Joshua 4:2

"Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,

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Joshua 4:3

and command them: 'Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.'"

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Joshua 4:4

So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,

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Joshua 4:5

and said to them, "Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of Israel,

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Joshua 4:6

to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, 'What do these stones mean to you?'

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in time to come Heb. to-morrow

Joshua 4:7

you are to tell them, 'The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.' Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever."

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Joshua 4:8

Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.

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Joshua 4:9

Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.

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These words might be written by Joshua at the close of his life , or perhaps be added by some later prophet. It seems from this #### Verse , that there were two sorts of stones erected as a memorial of this great event . twelve at Gilgal

  • Joshua 4:20 and twelve in the bed of the Jordan; which last might have been placed on a base of strong stone work , so high as always to be visible , and serve to mark the very spot where the priests stood with the ark. Drs. Kennicott and Shuckford , however , would read here with the Syriac , mittoch , "from the midst ," instead of bethoch , "in the midst;" and render , "And Joshua took up the twelve stones . taken from the midst of Jordan ," etc. But this reading is unsupported by any manuscript yet collated; and it appears wholly unnecessary
  • Genesis 26:33
  • Deuteronomy 34:6
  • Judges 1:26
  • 1 Samuel 30:25
  • 2 Samuel 4:3
  • 2 Chronicles 5:9
  • Matthew 27:8
  • Matthew 28:15

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Joshua 4:10

Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until the people had completed everything the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell them, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried across,

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Joshua 4:11

and after everyone had finished crossing, the priests with the ark of the LORD crossed in the sight of the people.

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Joshua 4:12

The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them.

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Joshua 4:13

About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.

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or , ready armed

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Joshua 4:14

On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him all the days of his life, just as they had revered Moses.

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Joshua 4:16

"Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan."

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Joshua 4:17

So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up from the Jordan."

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Joshua 4:18

When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.

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As soon as the priests and the ark were come up out of Jordan , the waters of the river , which had stood on a heap , flowed down according to their natural and usual course , and again soon filled the channel. This make it abundantly evident , that the miraculous change which had been given to the river was not from any secret natural cause , but solely by the power of God , and for the sake of his chosen people; for when Israel's host had passed through , and the token of his presence was removed , immediately the waters went forward again , so that if it be asked , "What aileth thee , O Jordan , that thou wast driven back?" it must be answered , it was in obedience to the God of Israel , and in kindness to the Israel of God

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Heb. went

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lifted up Heb. plucked up

Joshua 4:19

On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

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That is , the place afterwards called Gilgal; for it is so called here by anticipation. It was about ten furlongs east from Jericho , and fifty west from the Jordan. See Josephus and Calmet

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Joshua 4:20

And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

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Joshua 4:21

Then Joshua said to the Israelites, "In the future, when your children ask their fathers, 'What is the meaning of these stones?'

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in time to come Heb. to-morrow

Joshua 4:22

you are to tell them, 'Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.'

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Joshua 4:23

For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.

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as the Lord The parents must take that occasion to tell their children of the drying up of the Red Sea forty years before . "As the Lord your God did to the Red Sea." It greatly magnifies later mercies to compare them with those before enjoyed; for , by making the comparison , it appears that God is the same yesterday , to-day , and forever. Later blessings should also bring to remembrance former mercies , and revive thankfulness for them.

Joshua 4:24

He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God."

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for ever Heb. all days

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Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Psalms 114:5 → Joshua 4:23
Trajectories
Crossing the Jordan (Entering God's Rest), Joshua (Leader into Rest)
Chiasms
Shaped Joshua 4:3–9
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