Joshua 4:23 · KJV
“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:”
— Joshua 4:23
Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it {is} mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever. {for ever: Heb. all days}
Joshua 4 — Context
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? {in time...: Heb. to morrow}
22Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
23For 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:
24That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it {is} mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever. {for ever: Heb. all days}
Cross References
Exodus 14:21
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go {back} by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry {land}, and the waters were divided.
Isaiah 43:16
Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Isaiah 63:12-14
That led {them} by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
Nehemiah 9:11
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
Psalms 78:13
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
Psalms 77:16-19
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.