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Joshua 4:20

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And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
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    3And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

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    8And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

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Joshua 4:20

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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pitch

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Sense 1: A thick resinous substance used for coating or sealing; to coat with that substance. Sense 2: To set, fix, place, or encamp.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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19¶ And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

20And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

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21And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

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