Bible Discussion Thread

This seems like a parable. Water is personified as male. The Jordan waters may be symbolic of people and not water at all. Verse 9 says that the 12 stones were set up in the midst of Jordan where they remain until today yet in verse 20 the 12 stones are taken out of Jordan and pitched in Gilgal. The 12 stones may represent the military power divisions of Israel. The military power of Israel exists even today and Jordan is aware of it. I think that Gilgal never was one specific area of land. I think Gilgal represents an organization that is moveable. Gilgal is the headquarters where military intel is given and received. Gilgal literally means circle of standing stones so that is where the commanders, of military divisions gather to receive orders.