Jos 4:22-24 - Commentary

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Text -- Joshua 4:22-24 (NET)

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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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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Jordan the river that flows from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea,a river that begins at Mt. Hermon, flows south through Lake Galilee and on to its end at the Dead Sea 175 km away (by air)

· Red Sea the ocean between Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula,the sea between Egypt and Arabia

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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.

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.”

NET Notes: Jos 4:24 Heb “fear.”

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