Joshua 4 in the early church
[Vulgate: Josue]
25 passages quote, allude to, or echo Joshua 4, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 1 · 3 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 13 · 14 · 18 · 19 · 20
Joshua 4:1
When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 4:1–9 | Homily 6 · Gregory of Nyssa | allusion, high confidence | ca. 390–394 |
| Josh 4:1–13 | Joshua, lines 76–99 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, high confidence | early 5th cent. |
| Josh 4:1–9 | Sermon 170 · Peter Chrysologus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 425-450 |
| Josh 4:1–18 | Part 2, chapter 14 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage | allusion, high confidence | ca. 445-450 |
Joshua 4:3
and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 4:3 | Against Heresies 1.18.4 · Irenaeus of Lyons | allusion, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Josh 4:3 | Against Marcion 4.13 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Josh 4:3 | Treatise on the Mysteries 2.6.3 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, high confidence | ca. 360–366 |
| Josh 4:3–7 | Tractates on the Psalms 118.1.7 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Josh 4:3 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 34.17.2 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, high confidence | 374-377 |
Joshua 4:8
Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 4:8–9 | Against Heresies 1.18.4 · Irenaeus of Lyons | allusion, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
Joshua 4:9
Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 4:9 | Treatise on the Mysteries 2.6.3 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, high confidence | ca. 360–366 |
Joshua 4:10
Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until the people had completed everything the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell them, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried across,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 4:10 | Homilies on Joshua 5.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Joshua 4:11
and after everyone had finished crossing, the priests with the ark of the LORD crossed in the sight of the people.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 4:11 | Homilies on Joshua 5.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Joshua 4:13
About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 4:13 | Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 817 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Josh 4:13 | Homilies on Joshua 5.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Josh 4:13 | Homilies on Joshua 5.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Joshua 4:14
On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him all the days of his life, just as they had revered Moses.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 4:14 | Homilies on Joshua 5.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Josh 4:14 | Homilies on Joshua 5.4 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Joshua 4:18
When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 4:18 | Joshua, lines 100–124 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, high confidence | early 5th cent. |
Joshua 4:19
On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 4:19 | Commentary on John 6.233 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| Josh 4:19 | Homilies on Joshua 4.4 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Joshua 4:20
And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 4:20 | Bordeaux Pilgrim 597 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | 333 |
| Josh 4:20–22 | Demonstration 11.11 · Aphrahat | allusion, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Josh 4:20 | Letter 108.12 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Josh 4:20 | Against Jovinianus 1.21 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | 393 |