representation of something else and does not have to be miraculous.273 Circumcision was a memorial sign of the covenant (Gen 17) and a group of twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan in Joshua’s day were a memorial sign to remind future generations of God’s great deeds on the day the people crossed the Jordan (Josh 4:1–7). A prophetic sign concerning the future was given to Moses when God met him in the burning bush (Exod 3:12). This sign functioned to assure Moses that God would fulfill his
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