21 And he said to the sons of [a]Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’ 22 then you shall inform your children, saying, ‘Israel crossed this Jordan on (A)dry ground.’ 23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as the Lord your God had done to the [b]Red Sea, (B)which He dried up before us until we had crossed;

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 4:21 Lit Israel, saying,
  2. Joshua 4:23 Lit Sea of Reeds

21 He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’(A) 22 tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’(B) 23 For the Lord your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The Lord your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea[a] when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over.(C)

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  1. Joshua 4:23 Or the Sea of Reeds