Joshua 3:17
And the priests who took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord kept their places, with their feet on dry land in the middle of Jordan, while all Israel went over on dry land, till all the nation had gone over Jordan.
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Exodus 14:22And the children of Israel went through the sea on dry land: and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left.
Joshua 4:1Now when all the nation had come to the other side of Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,
Joshua 4:10For the priests who took up the ark kept there in the middle of Jordan till all the orders given to Joshua by Moses from the Lord had been done: then the people went over quickly.
Joshua 4:22Then give your children the story, and say, Israel came over this river Jordan on dry land.
2 Kings 2:8Then Elijah took off his robe, and, rolling it up, gave the water a blow with it, and the waters were parted, flowing back this way and that, so that they went over on dry land.
Isaiah 25:8He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 3:15-17
The Passage over the Jordan. ( b. c. 1451.) 14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; 15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) 16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon a heap very far from the city Adam, that is… Read the whole commentary →