Joshua 4:1
And when they were passed over, the Lord said to Josue:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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In Context
2Choose twelve men, one of every tribe:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:2And when you are passed over the Jordan into the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, thou shalt set up great stones, and shalt plaster them over with plaster,
Joshua 24:11And you passed over the Jordan, and you came to Jericho. And the men of that city fought against you, the Amorrhite, and the Pherezite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Gergesite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite: and I delivered them into your hands.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 4:1
This chapter gives a further account of the miraculous passage of Israel through Jordan. I. The provision that was made at that time to preserve the memorial of it, by twelve stones set up in Jordan ( ver. 9 ) and other twelve stones taken up out of Jordan, ver. 1-8 . II. The march of the people through Jordan's channel, the two tribes first, then all the people, and the priests that bore the ark last, ver. 10-14 . III. The closing of the waters again upon their coming up with the ark, ver. 15-19 . IV. The… Read the whole commentary →