Joshua 4:22

tell your children that Israel crossed the Jordan here on dry ground,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

21He said to the Israelites, “When in the future your children ask what these stones mean,

23for the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had passed across, as the Lord your God had done to the Reed Sea, which he also dried up before us until we passed across it –

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Cross References

Joshua 3:17The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood still on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, and all Israel crossed on dry ground until the whole nation had finished crossing.

Psalms 66:6He turns the sea into dry land, and people cross the river on foot. Let us therefore rejoice in him,

Revelation 16:12Then the sixth angel emptied his bowl on the great river Euphrates; and the water in the river was dried up, so that the road for the kings of the East might be made ready.

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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