Bible Cross References
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Joshua 22:25-28
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He made the Jordan a boundary between us and you people of Reuben and Gad. You have nothing to do with the LORD.' Then your descendants might make our descendants stop worshiping the LORD.
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So we built an altar, not to burn sacrifices or make offerings,
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but instead, as a sign for our people and yours, and for the generations after us, that we do indeed worship the LORD before his sacred Tent with our offerings to be burned and with sacrifices and fellowship offerings. This was to keep your descendants from saying that ours have nothing to do with the LORD.
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It was our idea that, if this should ever happen, our descendants could say, 'Look! Our ancestors made an altar just like the LORD's altar. It was not for burning offerings or for sacrifice, but as a sign for our people and yours.'
Joshua 4:5-9
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and he told them, "Go into the Jordan ahead of the Covenant Box of the LORD your God. Each one of you take a stone on your shoulder, one for each of the tribes of Israel.
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These stones will remind the people of what the LORD has done. In the future, when your children ask what these stones mean to you,
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you will tell them that the water of the Jordan stopped flowing when the LORD's Covenant Box crossed the river. These stones will always remind the people of Israel of what happened here."
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The men followed Joshua's orders. As the LORD had commanded Joshua, they took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each of the tribes of Israel, carried them to the camping place, and put them down there.
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Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, where the priests carrying the Covenant Box had stood. (Those stones are still there.)
Joshua 24:26
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 the LORD's sanctuary.
Joshua 24:27
He said to all the people, "This stone will be our witness. It has heard all the words that the LORD has spoken to us. So it will be a witness against you, to keep you from rebelling against your God."
Genesis 28:18
Jacob got up early next morning, took the stone that was under his head, and set it up as a memorial. Then he poured olive oil on it to dedicate it to God.
Genesis 31:46-52
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He told his men to gather some rocks and pile them up. Then they ate a meal beside the pile of rocks.
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Laban named it Jegar Sahadutha, while Jacob named it Galeed.
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Laban said to Jacob, "This pile of rocks will be a reminder for both of us." That is why that place was named Galeed.
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Laban also said, "May the LORD keep an eye on us while we are separated from each other." So the place was also named Mizpah.
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Laban went on, "If you mistreat my daughters or if you marry other women, even though I don't know about it, remember that God is watching us.
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Here are the rocks that I have piled up between us, and here is the memorial stone.
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Both this pile and this memorial stone are reminders. I will never go beyond this pile to attack you, and you must never go beyond it or beyond this memorial stone to attack me.