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And thoseוְאֵת הָאֵלֶּהtwelveשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵהstonesהָאֲבָנִיםthatאֲשֶׁרthey had takenלָקְחוּfromמִןthe JordanהַיַּרְדֵּןJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַset upהֵקִיםat Gilgal.בַּגִּלְגָּל
Joshua 4:20
Study it in the app“And those twelve stones that they had taken from the Jordan Joshua set up at Gilgal.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 4:20, word by word
- twelveשְׁתֵּיםshetem
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shetem” appears- twelveעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- stonesאֲבָנִיםavanim
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appears- they had takenלָקְחוּlakchu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakchu” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua
Joshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appears- set upהֵקִיםhekim
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “hekim” appears- at Gilgalגִּלְגָּלgilgal
Gilgal
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Places in this verse
1Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
2Gilgal ?
Today: disputed; near Jericho, West Bank
A place near Jericho in the Jordan valley; the exact site is not certain.
Israel camped there after crossing the Jordan and set up twelve stones (Josh 4:19-20). Saul was confirmed as king there (1 Sam 11:15).
The context
19The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth of the first month, and they camped at Gilgal, on the eastern edge of Jericho.
20 · This verse (above)
21And he said to the sons of Israel, “When your sons ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’