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Joshua 4:22

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Joshua 4:22 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
Joshua 4:22 — American Standard Version

Context — Joshua 4

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
19And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
20And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
21And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
22Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
23For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were passed over;
24that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye may fear Jehovah your God for ever.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Then ye shall let your children know, etc.] The meaning of the erection of these stones, acquaint them with the whole history, the meaning of which they are designed to perpetuate: saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land; and if they should ask how that could possibly be done, or if they did not, they were to inform them by what means it was brought about, as follows.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Jos 3:17; Exo 14:29, Exo 15:19; Psa 66:5, Psa 66:6; Isa 11:15, Isa 11:16, Isa 44:27, Isa 51:10; Rev 16:12 Joshua 4:23”
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