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Text -- Joshua 4:12-24 (NET)
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4:12 The Reubenites , Gadites , and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites , just as Moses had instructed them.
4:13 About forty thousand battle-ready troops marched past the Lord to fight on the plains of Jericho .
4:14 That day the Lord brought honor to Joshua before all Israel . They respected him all his life , just as they had respected Moses .
4:15 The Lord told Joshua ,
4:16 “Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenantal laws to come up from the Jordan .”
4:17 So Joshua instructed the priests , “Come up from the Jordan !”
4:18 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord came up from the middle of the Jordan , and as soon as they set foot on dry land , the water of the Jordan flowed again and returned to flood stage .
4:19 The people went up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped in Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho .
4:20 Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan .
4:21 He told the Israelites , “When your children someday ask their fathers , ‘What do these stones represent?’
4:22 explain to your children , ‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground .’
4:23 For the Lord your God dried up the water of the Jordan before you while you crossed over . It was just like when the Lord your God dried up the Red Sea before us while we crossed it.
4:24 He has done this so all the nations of the earth might recognize the Lord’s power and so you might always obey the Lord your God .”
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NET Notes: Jos 4:16 Traditionally, “the ark of the testimony,” another name for the ark of the covenant. The Hebrew term עֵדוּ...
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NET Notes: Jos 4:18 Verses 15-18 give a more detailed account of the priests’ crossing that had been briefly described in v. 11.
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NET Notes: Jos 4:22 Heb “crossed this Jordan”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.
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NET Notes: Jos 4:23 Heb “just as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea when he dried [it] up before us while we crossed over.”
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