Josué 4:5

5 e lhes disse: “Passem adiante da arca do SENHOR, o seu Deus, até o meio do Jordão. Ponha cada um de vocês uma pedra nos ombros, conforme o número das tribos dos israelitas.

Josué 4:5 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 4:5

And Joshua said unto them
The twelve men:

pass ye over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of
Jordan;
that is, they were to go back to Jordan again, which they had passed over, and go into the midst of it, where were the priests bearing the ark; for it is not to be imagined that the ark went along with them, or followed them, they going before it; but they went where that was, just before it, from whence they were to take the stones, as next directed:

and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder;
by which it appears they were large stones they were to take, not what they could carry in their hands, but what they were obliged to take upon their shoulders:

according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;
who had that day passed over Jordan, of which these stones were to be a memorial.

Josué 4:5 In-Context

3 e mande que apanhem doze pedras do meio do Jordão, do lugar onde os sacerdotes ficaram parados. Levem-nas com vocês para o local onde forem passar a noite”.

4 Josué convocou os doze homens que escolhera dentre os israelitas, um de cada tribo,

5 e lhes disse: “Passem adiante da arca do SENHOR, o seu Deus, até o meio do Jordão. Ponha cada um de vocês uma pedra nos ombros, conforme o número das tribos dos israelitas.

6 Elas servirão de sinal para vocês. No futuro, quando os seus filhos lhes perguntarem: ‘Que significam essas pedras?’,

7 respondam que as águas do Jordão foram interrompidas diante da arca da aliança do SENHOR. Quando a arca atravessou o Jordão, as águas foram interrompidas. Essas pedras serão um memorial perpétuo para o povo de Israel”.