Learning to Get Out of God’s Way

After the children of Israel crossed over the Jordan River on dry ground, the Lord directed Joshua to enlist 12 men, one from each tribe, to gather 12 stones from the Jordan River (Josh. 4:3). With these stones, Joshua built a zikkaron (Hebrew for “memorial”) in Gilgal as an object lesson for subsequent Israelite generations. When their children would ask, “What do these stones mean to you?�