He said to his relatives,“ Get some stones.” So they took stones and put them in a pile. And they ate there by it.

又对众弟兄说：“你们堆聚石头。”他们就拿石头来堆成一堆，大家便在旁边吃喝。

对弟兄们说：“大家来堆积石头。”他们拿石头堆成一堆，于是在那里，在石堆旁边吃喝。

对弟兄们说：“大家来堆积石头。”他们拿石头堆成一堆，于是在那里，在石堆旁边吃喝。

又吩咐族人去收集石头。他们把石头堆成一堆，在旁边吃喝。

雅各又对自己的众兄弟说：“你们把石头堆聚起来。”他们就把石头拿来，堆成了一堆。他们又在石堆旁边吃喝。

接着雅各对他的兄弟们说：“你们去捡石头。”他们就把石头拿来，堆成石堆，然后就在石堆旁边吃喝。

又對眾弟兄說：「你們堆聚石頭。」他們就拿石頭來堆成一堆，大家便在旁邊吃喝。

對弟兄們說：「大家來堆積石頭。」他們拿石頭堆成一堆，於是在那裏，在石堆旁邊吃喝。

對弟兄們說：「大家來堆積石頭。」他們拿石頭堆成一堆，於是在那裏，在石堆旁邊吃喝。

又吩咐族人去收集石頭。他們把石頭堆成一堆，在旁邊吃喝。

雅各又對自己的眾兄弟說：“你們把石頭堆聚起來。”他們就把石頭拿來，堆成了一堆。他們又在石堆旁邊吃喝。

拉班又對他的族弟兄們說：『撿石頭！』他們就拿石頭作成一堆，大家就在那裏，在那一堆旁邊，喫喝。

接著雅各對他的兄弟們說：「你們去撿石頭。」他們就把石頭拿來，堆成石堆，然後就在石堆旁邊吃喝。

亦命戚族積石、眾乃取石、積累為堆、共食其側、

亦謂戚族曰、爾可積石、乃群取石、積累為崗、共食於其上。

又謂諸兄弟曰、爾可聚石、眾乃取石、積累為垤、共食於垤上、

He said to his relatives,“ Gather some stones.” So they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

And Jacob said to his kinsmen,“ Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

Then he told his family members,“ Gather some stones.” So they gathered stones and piled them in a heap. Then Jacob and Laban sat down beside the pile of stones to eat a covenant meal.

Then Jacob said to his relatives,“ Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a mound, then ate there by the mound.

Jacob said to his relatives,“ Gather stones.” So they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

Then Jacob said to his brethren,“ Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there on the heap.

And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there by the heap.

Then Jacob said to his relatives,“ Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a mound, then ate there by the mound.

And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

Then he said to his relatives,“ Gather stones.” So they brought stones and put them in a pile. They ate there by the pile of stones.

Jacob said to his relatives,“ Gather stones.” They took stones, and made a heap. They ate there by the heap.

You have searched through all my things. What have you found that belongs to your family? Put it here in front of your relatives and mine. Let them decide between the two of us.

Joshua set up the 12 stones at Gilgal. They were the ones the people had taken out of the Jordan.Then he spoke to the Israelites. He said,“ In days to come, your children after you will ask their parents,‘ What do these stones mean?’Their parents must tell them,‘ Israel went across the Jordan River on dry ground.’The Lord your God dried up the Jordan for you until you had gone across it. He did to the Jordan River the same thing he had done to the Red Sea. He dried up the Red Sea ahead of us until we had gone across it.He did it so that all the nations on earth would know that he is powerful. He did it so that you would always have respect for the Lord your God.”

There is a time to scatter stones. And there’s a time to gather them. There is a time to embrace someone. And there’s a time not to embrace.

But if you find anyone who has the statues of your gods, that person will not remain alive. While our relatives are watching, look for yourself. See if there’s anything of yours here with me. If you find anything belonging to you, take it.” But Jacob didn’t know that Rachel had stolen the statues.

He said to them,“ Go back to the middle of the Jordan River. Go to where the ark of the Lord your God is. Each one of you must pick up a stone. You must carry it on your shoulder. There will be as many stones as there are tribes in Israel.The stones will serve as a reminder to you. In days to come, your children will ask you,‘ What do these stones mean?’Tell them that the Lord cut off the flow of water in the Jordan River. Tell them its water stopped flowing when the ark of the covenant of the Lord went across. The stones will always remind the Israelites of what happened there.”So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took 12 stones from the middle of the Jordan River. There was one stone for each of the tribes of Israel. It was just as the Lord had told Joshua. The people carried the stones with them to their camp. There they put them down.Joshua also piled up 12 stones in the middle of the river. He piled them up right where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are still there to this very day.

Joab’s men threw Absalom into a big pit in the forest. They covered him with a large pile of rocks. While all of that was going on, all the Israelites ran back to their homes.

He took his relatives with him and went after Jacob. Seven days later he caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.

They placed a large pile of rocks on top of Achan’s body. The place has been called the Valley of Achor ever since. That pile is still there to this day. After the people killed Achan, the Lord was no longer angry with them.

He offered a sacrifice there in the hill country. And he invited his relatives to a meal. After they had eaten, they spent the night there.