Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle[a] of the Jordan where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing. The stones are still there today.(A)

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  1. 4:9 Or Now Joshua set up the twelve stones that had been in the middle

Joshua set up the twelve stones(A) that had been[a] in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day.(B)

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  1. Joshua 4:9 Or Joshua also set up twelve stones

The Lord then said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the disgrace of Egypt from you.” Therefore, that place is still called Gilgal[a] today.(A)

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  1. 5:9 = to roll

Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the place has been called Gilgal[a](A) to this day.

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  1. Joshua 5:9 Gilgal sounds like the Hebrew for roll.

26 and raised over him a large pile of rocks that remains still today.(A) Then the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor[a] still today.

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  1. 7:26 Or of Trouble

26 Over Achan they heaped(A) up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.(B) Then the Lord turned from his fierce anger.(C) Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor[a](D) ever since.

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  1. Joshua 7:26 Achor means trouble.

14 Therefore, Hebron still belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance today(A) because he followed the Lord, the God of Israel, completely.

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14 So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the Lord, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly.(A)

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63 But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem.(A) So the Jebusites still live in Jerusalem among the descendants of Judah today.(B)

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63 Judah could not(A) dislodge the Jebusites(B), who were living in Jerusalem;(C) to this day the Jebusites live there with the people of Judah.(D)

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