Study it in the app“And Joshua said to them, “Pass on before the ark of YHWH your Elohim into the middle of the Jordan, and lift up, each of you, one stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel,”
And Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַsaidיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“Pass onעִבְרוּbeforeלִפְנֵיthe arkאֲרוֹןof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםintoאֶלthe middleתּוֹךְof the Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןand lift up,וְהָרִימוּ לָכֶםeach of you,אִישׁoneאַחַתstoneאֶבֶןonעַלhis shoulder,שִׁכְמוֹaccording to the numberלְמִסְפַּרof the tribesשִׁבְטֵיof the sonsבְנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵל
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ivru” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearslift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “harimu” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appearsshoulder
The part of the body by the neck where a load is carried.
Where else “shichm” appearsnumber
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsJordan
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).
4So Joshua called to the twelve men whom he had prepared from the sons of Israel, one man from each tribe.
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6so that this may be a sign among you. When your sons ask in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones to you?’
