Discovery BoxJoshua 4:8 
Context4:8 The Israelites did just as Joshua commanded. They picked up twelve stones, according to the number of the Israelite tribes, from the middle of the Jordan as the Lord had instructed Joshua. They carried them over with them to the camp and put them there.
Joshua 4:19-20
Context4:19 The people went up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month 1 and camped in Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho. 2 4:20 Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the 3 twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.
1 sn The first month was the month Abib (= late March-early April in the modern calendar). The Passover in Egypt also occurred on the tenth day of the first month (Exod 12:2; 13:4).
2 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
3 tn Heb “these,” referring specifically to the twelve stones mentioned in vv. 3-7.
