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John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 4:22

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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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