King James Version
Joshua 4:20 in the King James Version says “And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.”
Joshua 4:20 · KJV
And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before. lifted: Heb. plucked up flowed: Heb. went
And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? in time: Heb. to morrow
Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“pitch”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
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