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Joshua 4:9 says
Joshua set up the twelve stones that had been in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day
It says the stones are there to this day but Joshua 4:20 says
And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan.
Is this not a contradiction?
According to some translations, there were two sets of stones.
Joshua 4:9 New Living Translation
Joshua also set up another pile of twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, at the place where the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant were standing. And they are there to this day.
Berean Study Bible
Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.
