Chapter 4

One man of each tribe takes a stone from the middle of the Jordan while it is dry, and they build an altar where they lodge that night.  The Bible says those stones are there to this day.  "This day" was the time when the book of Joshua was written.  MSB says written around 1400 BC.  It had been completed before David was king, and MSB has scriptures for that.  The stone altar was set up at Gilgal. 

2023 - This verse:  14 On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they stood in awe of him just as they had stood in awe of Moses, all the days of his life. [Jos 4:14 ESV].  When the people - this whole new generation of people - see what is perhaps the first miracle of God they've ever witnessed, and they know that it is all going as Joshua told them it would, Joshua becomes more than a leader to them.  More than some guy who had Moses' favor and so was picked to succeed Moses.  They see that God is working according to what he told Joshua to tell the people.  This is a much bigger deal than winning an election!