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Joshua 4:19-24
New International Version
Joshua 4:19-24
New International Version
19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal(A) on the eastern border of Jericho. 20 And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones(B) they had taken out of the Jordan. 21 He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’(C) 22 tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’(D) 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.(E) 24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know(F) that the hand of the Lord is powerful(G) and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.(H)”
Footnotes
- Joshua 4:23 Or the Sea of Reeds
Joshua 4:19-24
King James Version
Joshua 4:19-24
King James Version
19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever.
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Joshua 4:19-24
English Standard Version
Joshua 4:19-24
English Standard Version
19 The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they encamped at (A)Gilgal on the east border of Jericho. 20 And (B)those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal. 21 And he said to the people of Israel, (C)“When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’ 22 then you shall let your children know, (D)‘Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.’ 23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, (E)which he dried up for us until we passed over, 24 (F)so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is (G)mighty, that you may (H)fear the Lord your God forever.”[a]
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- Joshua 4:24 Or all the days
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