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Joshua 4:20 KJV
Joshua · chapter 4 · verse 20
And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.Joshua 4:20 · King James Version
Joshua 4:20 in context
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.
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.
20And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
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?
22Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- twelveshᵉnayimtwoH8147 →
- twelveʻâsârtenH6240 →
- stonesʼebena stoneH68 →
- JordanYardênJarden, the principal river of PalestineH3383 →
- JoshuaYᵉhôwshûwaʻJehoshua , the Jewish leaderH3091 →
- pitchqûwmto riseH6965 →
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The twelve stones which were laid down in Gilgal (Jos 4:8) are here set up either one upon another, yet so as that they might be distinctly counted, or one by another in rows; for after they were fixed they ar not call a heap of stones, but these stones. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-24