Joshua 4:1

And when all the people were wholy gone ouer Iorden, (after the Lord had spoken vnto Ioshua, saying,

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

In Context

2Take you twelue me out of the people, out of euery tribe a man,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:2And when ye shall passe ouer Iorden vnto the lande which the Lord thy God giueth thee, thou shalt set thee vp great stones, and playster them with plaister,

Joshua 24:11And ye went ouer Iorden, and came vnto Iericho, and the men of Iericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hiuites and the Iebusites, and I deliuered them into your hand.

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 →

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