Joshua 4:3 (WEB)
and command them, saying, ‘Take from out of the middle of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, carry them over with you, and lay them down in the place where you’ll camp tonight.’”
Fathers and councils · 2
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…and twelve little bells,—the twelve stones which were placed by Moses at the foot of the mountain,—the same number which was placed by Joshua in the river, and again, on the other side, the bearers of the ark of the covenant,—those stones which were set up by Elijah when the heifer was offered as a burnt-offering;…” — editor's note: Josh. iv. 3.
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Jerome
“She looked upon the camp of Gilgal and the hill of the foreskins suggestive of the mystery of the second circumcision: and she gazed at the twelve stones brought thither out of the bed of Jordan to be symbols of those twelve foundations on which are written the names of the twelve apostles.” — editor's note: Josh. iv. 3, 20.
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Cross-references · 1
Joshua 4:3 and Joel 3:7 share the same wording (9 words).