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20 Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the[a] twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan. 21 He told the Israelites, “When your children someday ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones represent?’[b] 22 explain to[c] your children, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan River[d] on dry ground.’

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 4:20 tn Heb “these,” referring specifically to the twelve stones mentioned in vv. 3-7.
  2. Joshua 4:21 tn Heb “What are these stones?”
  3. Joshua 4:22 tn Heb “make known to.”
  4. Joshua 4:22 tn Heb “crossed this Jordan”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.