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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Joshua 4:18

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark . . . were come out of the midst of Jordan . . . that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place--Their crossing, which was the final act, completed the evidence of the miracle; for then, and not till then, the suspended laws of nature were restored, the waters returned to their place, and the river flowed with as full a current as before.
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