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Selected Verse: Joshua 4:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jos 4:8 |
Strong Concordance |
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] so as Joshua [03091] commanded [06680], and took up [05375] twelve [08147] [06240] stones [068] out of the midst [08432] of Jordan [03383], as the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Joshua [03091], according to the number [04557] of the tribes [07626] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and carried them over [05674] with them unto the place where they lodged [04411], and laid them down [03240] there. |
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King James |
And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded--that is, it was done by their twelve representatives. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Laid them down there - i. e. in Gilgal Jos 4:20. Spoken of as the doers of this, because it was done by the twelve who acted for them. |
20 And those twelve [08147] [06240] stones [068], which they took out [03947] of Jordan [03383], did Joshua [03091] pitch [06965] in Gilgal [01537].