Joshua 24:26 Cross References - NSB

²⁶ Joshua wrote these commands in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up under the oak tree in Jehovah’s sanctuary.

¹⁸ Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had under his head. He set it up as a marker and poured oil on top of it. ¹⁹ He named that place Bethel (House of God). Previously, the name of the city was Luz. ²⁰ Jacob made a vow. He said: »If God will be with me and will watch over me on my trip and give me food to eat and clothes to wear, ²¹ »and if I return safely to my father’s home, then Jehovah will be my God. ²² »This stone I placed as a marker will be the house of God. I will certainly give you a tenth of everything you give me.«

⁴ So everyone gave Jacob their idols and their earrings. He buried them under the oak (big) tree near Shechem.

⁸ Deborah died. She was the servant who cared for Rebekah from childhood. She was buried near Bethel, under the holy tree. They named it Allon-bacuth (weeping tree).

⁴ Moses wrote down all Jehovah’s words. Early the next morning he built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He erected twelve sacred stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.

²⁴ Moses finished writing all the words of this Law in a book. ²⁵ He gave this command to the Levites who carried the Ark of Jehovah’s Covenant: ²⁶ »Take this Book of the Law, and put it next to the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah your God, where it will be a witness against you.

³ Command them by saying: »Take twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm. Carry them over with you and leave them in the lodging place where you stay tonight.« ⁴ Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared from the children of Israel, a man from every tribe. ⁵ Joshua said to them: »Pass over before the Ark of Jehovah your God to the middle of the Jordan River. Let every man take a stone on his shoulder according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel. ⁶ »This may be a sign among you when your children ask their fathers what is the meaning of these stones? ⁷ »You will answer them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah. When it passed over Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones will be for a memorial to the children of Israel for as long as they live.« ⁸ The children of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan. This was just as Jehovah spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel. They carried them to the place where they lodged and laid them down there. ⁹ Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan River, in the place where the feet of the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant stood, and they are there to this day.

²⁰ Joshua set up the twelve stones they took out of the Jordan River, in Gilgal. ²¹ He spoke to the children of Israel: »When your children will ask their fathers in time to come, what these stones mean? ²² »Then you will let your children know, saying: Israel came over this Jordan River on dry land. ²³ »For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you, until you all crossed over. As Jehovah your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we crossed over. ²⁴ »That all the people of the earth might know the hand of Jehovah is mighty: that you might reverence Jehovah your God forever.«

⁶ All the men of Shechem and Bethmillo got together and went to the sacred oak tree at Shechem, where they made Abimelech king.