Joshua 4:9

4:9 Joshua also set up twelve stones ¹  in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.

Joshua 4:1

Israel Commemorates the Crossing

4:1 When the entire nation was on the other side, ²  the Lord told Joshua,

Joshua 8:8-9

8:8 When you capture the city, set it ³  on fire. Do as the Lord says! See, I have given you orders.” ⁴  8:9 Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place ⁵  west of Ai, between Bethel ⁶  and Ai. ⁷  Joshua spent that night with the army. ⁸ 

[4:9]  ¹ tn Here “also” has been supplied in the translation to make it clear (as indicated by v. 20) that these are not the same stones the men took from the river bed.

[4:1]  ² tn Heb “And when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan.”

[8:8]  ³ tn Heb “the city.”

[8:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “I have commanded you.”

[8:9]  ⁵ tn Or “the place of ambush.”

[8:9]  ⁶ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[8:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they stayed between Bethel and Ai, west of Ai.”

[8:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “in the midst of the people.”