Joshua 4:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And 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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests that bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“even the twelve stones hath Joshua raised up out of the midst of the Jordan, the place of the standing of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant, and they are there unto this day.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 4:9 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 26:33So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
- Genesis 28:18Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,
- Exodus 24:12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
- Exodus 28:21The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
- Deuteronomy 34:6And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.
- Joshua 24:26Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.
- Judges 1:26And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
- 1 Samuel 7:12Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
- 1 Samuel 30:25And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute as an ordinance for Israel to this very day.
- 2 Samuel 4:3because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.
- 1 Kings 18:31And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
- 2 Chronicles 5:9The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
- Psalms 111:2Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
- Matthew 27:8That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
- Matthew 28:15So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.
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