And Joshua set up [a]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 there have they continued unto this day.

10 ¶ So the Priests, which bare the Ark, stood in the midst of Jordan, until everything was finished that the Lord had commanded Joshua to say unto the people, according to all that Moses charged Joshua: then the people hasted and went over.

11 When all the people were clean passed over, the Ark of the Lord went over also, and the Priests [b]before the people.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 4:9 Besides the twelve stones which were carried by the tribes and set up in Gilgal.
  2. Joshua 4:11 Meaning, in the presence or sight of the people.

Joshua set up the twelve stones(A) that had been[a] in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day.(B)

10 Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua was done by the people, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried over, 11 and as soon as all of them had crossed, the ark of the Lord and the priests came to the other side while the people watched.

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  1. Joshua 4:9 Or Joshua also set up twelve stones