Joshua 4:23

For the Lord your God dryed vp ye waters of Iorden before you, vntill ye were gone ouer, as the Lord your God did the red Sea, which hee dryed vp before vs, till we were gone ouer,

Geneva Bible 1599

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

22Then ye shall shew your children, and say, Israel came ouer this Iorden on dry land:

24That all the people of the worlde may know that the hand of the Lord is mightie, that ye might feare the Lord your God continually.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:19For Pharaohs horses went with his charets and horsemen into the Sea, and the Lord brought the waters of the Sea vpon them: but the children of Israel went on drie land in the middes of the Sea.

Psalms 77:16The waters sawe thee, O God: the waters sawe thee, and were afraide: yea, the depths trembled.

Isaiah 43:16Thus sayeth the Lord which maketh 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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