Joshua 4:9 meaning and explanation

Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.

Joshua 4:9, Berean Standard Bible

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Joshua has just led Israel across the Jordan on dry ground, and the LORD told him to take twelve stones from the riverbed as a memorial. Here Joshua sets a second group of twelve stones inside the Jordan itself, at the spot where the priests carrying the ark stood while the nation passed over.

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