Quotes about Stones
The twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
- Exodus 39:14
he must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.
- Leviticus 14:40
So different stones must be obtained to replace the contaminated ones, as well as additional mortar to replaster the house.
- Leviticus 14:42
And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.
- Deuteronomy 27:2
And when you have crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and you are to coat them with plaster.
- Deuteronomy 27:4
Moreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them.
- Deuteronomy 27:5
You shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 27:6
And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.”
- Deuteronomy 27:8
and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”
- Joshua 4:3
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
- Joshua 4:6
you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.”
- Joshua 4:7
Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.
- Joshua 4:8