A commentary of M. John Calvin, upon the book of Joshua finished a little…A commentarie of M. Iohn Caluine, vpon the booke of Iosue finished a little…

23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan before you, until ye were gone over, as the Lord your God did the red Sea, which he dried up before us, till we were gone over.

23 For the Lorde your God dried vp the waters of Iordan before you, vntill ye were gone ouer, as the Lorde your God did the red Sea, which he dried vp before vs, till we were gone ouer.

24 That all the people of the world may know, that the hand of the Lord is mighty, that ye might fear the Lord your God continually.

24 That all the people of the worlde may knowe, that the hande of the Lorde is mightie, that ye might feare the Lorde your God continually.

19 The people, &c.) For what cause the day is noted, in which they entered into the land, and pitched their tents therein, we shall see in the next Chapter. The name of the first station is called Gilgal, by a figure of prevention: because it was afterwards so called up Joshua, after their new circumcision: and the interpretation of that name, in due place, shall be considered. But here is a special treatise of the monument of the twelve stones: whereof, although mention were made before, yet now the solemn dedication thereof is rehearsed, namely, that Joshua did not only make that heap of stones, but also commended the use thereof unto the people, that the famous memory of the grace of God might flourish from the fathers to the children. And whereas he bringeth in their sons asking them, What these stones did mean: We may gather, that they were set up in such order, as moved the sense of them that beheld them. For if they had been cast up, on an heap, without any order, it would never have come into their posterities mind, to enquire of their signification. Therefore, there was some notable order in the placing of them, which would not suffer the beholders to make none account of it. But because the covenant of God, whereby he had adopted the stock of Abraham, was established to have continuance for a thousand generations, because of the unity of the body, that benefit which God had performed to their fathers, which were dead, is made common to their children which should be borne many years afterward. And this conjunction ought greatly to have moved their minds: for by this means, their posterity was admonished, that whatsoever was given in times past unto their ancestors, did also appeine unto them. Or else the answer