Joshua 4:22
then ye have caused your sons to know, saying, On dry land Israel passed over this Jordan;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 15:19For the horse of Pharaoh hath gone in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Jehovah turneth back on them the waters of the sea, and the sons of Israel have gone on dry land in the midst of the sea.
Joshua 3:17and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stand on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan — established, and all Israel are passing over on dry ground till that all the nation hath completed to pass over the Jordan.
Psalms 66:6He hath turned a sea to dry land, Through a river they pass over on foot, There do we rejoice in Him.
Isaiah 44:27Who is saying to the deep, Be dry, and thy rivers I cause to dry up,
Revelation 16:12And the sixth messenger did pour out his vial upon the great river, the Euphrates, and dried up was its water, that the way of the kings who are from the rising of the sun may 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 →