Joshua 4:22

Then shall ye let your children know, saying, On dry land did Israel pass over this Jordan;

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

In Context

21And he said unto the children of Israel, thus, When your children shall ask in time to come their fathers, saying, What mean these stones?

23That the Lord your God dried up the waters of the 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;

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Cross References

Exodus 15:19For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again upon them the waters of the sea; but the children of Israel went on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

Joshua 3:17And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people had finished passing over the Jordan.

Psalms 66:6He changed the sea into dry land: through the river they went on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

Isaiah 44:27That saith to the deep, Be dry, and thy rivers will I dry up;

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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