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22 Tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry land. 23 The Lord your God ·caused the water to stop flowing [L dried up the river before you] until you finished crossing it, just as the Lord did to the ·Red Sea [or Sea of Reeds; Ex. 14–15]. He ·stopped the water [L dried it up] until we crossed it. 24 The Lord did this so all ·people [L the nations/people of the earth] would know ·he has great power [L that the hand of the Lord is powerful] and so you would always ·respect [revere; fear] the Lord your God.’”

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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