Joshua 4:22
then ye shall let your children know, saying, On dry land did Israel come over this Jordan;
Darby Translation
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 horse of Pharaoh, with his chariots and with his horsemen, came into the sea, and Jehovah brought again the waters of the sea upon them; and the children of Israel went on dry [ground] through the midst of the sea.
Joshua 3:17And the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan. And all Israel went over on dry ground, until all the nation had completely gone over the Jordan.
Psalms 66:6He turned the sea into dry [land]; they went through the river on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
Isaiah 44:27that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;
Revelation 16:12And the sixth poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates; and its water was dried up, that the way of the kings from the rising of the sun might be prepared.
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 →