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22 you shall teach your children, ‘On dry land Israel crossed over this Jordan.’ 23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan in front of you until you crossed over, just as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up in front of us until we had crossed over. 24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth would know that the hand of the Lord is strong, so that you would fear the Lord your God always.”

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22 tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’(A) 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.(B) 24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know(C) that the hand of the Lord is powerful(D) and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 4:23 Or the Sea of Reeds