Joshua 4:16
Context4:16 “Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenantal laws 1 to come up from the Jordan.”
Joshua 4:20
Context4:20 Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the 2 twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.
Joshua 13:13
Context13:13 But the Israelites did not conquer 3 the Geshurites and Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this very day.


[4:16] 1 tn Traditionally, “the ark of the testimony,” another name for the ark of the covenant. The Hebrew term עֵדוּת (’edut, “testimony” or “witness”) here refers to the Mosaic covenant and the body of stipulations contained within it (see HALOT 2:791).
[4:20] 2 tn Heb “these,” referring specifically to the twelve stones mentioned in vv. 3-7.