Joshua 4:22
Then give your children the story, and say, Israel came over this river Jordan on dry land.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 15:19For the horses of Pharaoh, with his war-carriages and his horsemen, went into the sea, and the Lord sent the waters of the sea back over them; but the children of Israel went through the sea on dry land.
Joshua 3:17And 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.
Psalms 66:6The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.
Isaiah 44:27Who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will make your rivers dry:
Revelation 16:12And the sixth let what was in his vessel come out on the great river Euphrates; and it became dry, so that the way might be made ready for the kings from the east.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 4:21-24
20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. 21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? 22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone… Read the whole commentary →