Joshua Chapter 4 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV Joshua 4:20

And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
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BBE Joshua 4:20

And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua put up in Gilgal.
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DARBY Joshua 4:20

And those twelve stones which they had taken out of the Jordan did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
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KJV Joshua 4:20

And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
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WBT Joshua 4:20

And those twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
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WEB Joshua 4:20

Those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
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YLT Joshua 4:20

and these twelve stones, which they have taken out of the Jordan, hath Joshua raised up in Gilgal.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20--5:9) It would seem that these verses all belong to one section. The use of the first person in Joshua 5:1, "until we were passed over," is most naturally explained by taking the verse as part of what the Israelites were to say to their children by the command of Joshua. The difficulty has been met in the Hebrew Bible by a Masoretic reading, in which "they" is substituted for "we." But the more difficult reading is to be preferred. There is nothing else in the section that creates any difficulty. The twenty-third verse authorises a comparison between the passage of Jordan and the passage of the Red Sea. As the one is called a "baptising unto Moses," in the New Testament, we may call the other a baptising unto Joshua. (Comp. the "us" in Joshua 4:23, with the "we" of Joshua 5:1.) The first person also appears in Joshua 4:6, "that he would give us." It would appear that, besides explaining the erection of the stones, the Israelites were also to explain to their children the meaning of Gilgal, the place where the stones were, and this explanation is not completed until the end of Joshua 4:9. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewAndוְאֵת֩ (wə·’êṯ)Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerStrong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative casethere at Gilgalבַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃ (bag·gil·gāl)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 1537: Gilgal -- 'circle (of stones)', the name of several places in PalestineJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3091: Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelitesset upהֵקִ֥ים (hê·qîm)Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 6965: To arise, stand up, standtheהָאֵ֔לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh)Article | Pronoun - common pluralStrong's 428: These, thosetwelveשְׁתֵּ֨ים (šə·têm)Number - fdStrong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)stonesהָֽאֲבָנִים֙ (hā·’ă·ḇā·nîm)Article | Noun - feminine pluralStrong's 68: A stonethey had takenלָקְח֖וּ (lā·qə·ḥū)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 3947: To takefromמִן־ (min-)PrepositionStrong's 4480: A part of, from, out ofthe Jordan.הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן (hay·yar·dên)Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 3383: Jordan -- the principal river of PalestineJump to PreviousJordan Joshua Pitch Raised Stones Twelve