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Joshua 4:15 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, "
Joshua 4:15
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About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
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Joshua 4:1
"And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,"
Joshua 4:2
"Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,"
Joshua 4:3
"And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night."
Joshua 4:4
"Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, 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 4:6
"That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?"
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