Joshua 4:23

The Lord your God drying up the waters thereof in your sight, until you passed over:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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 over:

In Context

22You shall teach them and say: Israel passed over this Jordan through the dry channel.

24As he had done before in the Red Sea, which he dried up till we passed through :

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Cross References

Exodus 15:19For Pharao went in on horseback with his chariots and horsemen into the sea: and the Lord brought back upon them the waters of the sea: but the children of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst thereof.

Psalms 77:16with thy arm thou hast redeemed thy people the children of Jacob and of Joseph.

Isaiah 43:16Thus saith the Lord, who made a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters.

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 →

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