Joshua 4:22

Tell your sons, that Israel went over this Jordan on dry land,

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21saying, When your sons ask you, saying, What are these stones?

23when the Lord our God had dried up the water of Jordan from before them, until they had passed over; as the Lord our God did to the Red Sea, which the Lord our God dried up from before us, until we passed over.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:19For the horse of Pharaoh went in with the chariots and horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought upon them the water of the sea, but the children of Israel walked through dry land in the midst of the sea.

Joshua 3:17And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood on dry land in the midst of Jordan; and all the children of Israel went through on dry land, until all the people had completely gone over Jordan.

Psalms 66:6Let the peoples, O God, give thanks to thee; 1 Let all the peoples give thanks to thee. 1

Isaiah 44:27Who says to the deep, Thou shalt be dried up, and I will dry up the rivers.

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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