had missed (Josh 4:23–24)). After all the people had reached the far bank, Joshua ordered one man from each tribe to go back and take a stone from the middle of the river, to stack these stones on the East bank of the Jordan as a sign of God’s covenant, and to do the same in the middle of the river bed (Josh 4:1–9). This sign-making activity unites the special work of the Levites in the initial stages of the conquest with the LORD’s covenant faithfulness; it highlights the religious component of