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10. A Stone of Praise

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

This is the tenth in a series of articles about stones in the Bible. We know that stones were used as an instrument of capital punishment in Israel, but these articles consider stones in a different light. Instead of a weapon of judgment, we will “pick...

What do the 12 stones UNDER the Jordan River mean? (Joshua 4)

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Question I understand the meaning of the 12 stones on the west bank of the Jordan River in Joshua 4, but what about the other 12 stones that Joshua placed in the middle of the Jordan? Why did he put them there? Answer Before we discuss the 12 stones submerged in the...