Joshua 4:8

And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

And the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478} did {H6213} so as Joshua {H3091} commanded {H6680}, and took up {H5375} twelve {H8147}{H6240} stones {H68} out of the midst {H8432} of Jordan {H3383}, as the LORD {H3068} spake {H1696} unto Joshua {H3091}, according to the number {H4557} of the tribes {H7626} of the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478}, and carried them over {H5674} with them unto the place where they lodged {H4411}, and laid them down {H3240} there.

The people of Isra'el did just as Y'hoshua had ordered. They took twelve stones out of the Yarden riverbed, as ADONAI had said to Y'hoshua, corresponding to the number of the tribes of the people of Isra'el, carried them over with them to the place where they were camping, and set them down there.

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.

And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Jehovah spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Joshua 4:20

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

  • Joshua 4:2

    Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

  • Joshua 4:5

    And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

  • Joshua 1:16

    ¶ And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

  • Joshua 1:18

    Whosoever [he be] that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.

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