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Joshua 4:19-21
New English Translation
Joshua 4:19-21
New English Translation
19 The people went up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month[a] and camped in Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho. 20 Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the[b] twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan. 21 He told the Israelites, “When your children someday ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones represent?’[c]
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- Joshua 4:19 sn The first month was the month Abib (= late March-early April in the modern calendar). The preparations for Passover also began on the tenth day of the first month (Exod 12:2-3).
- Joshua 4:20 tn Heb “these,” referring specifically to the twelve stones mentioned in vv. 3-7.
- Joshua 4:21 tn Heb “What are these stones?”
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