Joshua 4:22

Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
children	בְּנֵיכֶ֣ם be.nei.Khem	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
know	וְהוֹדַעְתֶּ֖ם ve.ho.da'.Tem	H3045	to know (properly · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
saying	לֵאמֹ֑ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
over	עָבַ֣ר 'a.Var	H5674	to cross over · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Jordan	הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן hai.yar.Den	H3383	Jarden · definite article + proper noun, a place name
land	בַּיַּבָּשָׁה֙ bai.ya.ba.Shah	H3004	dry ground · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Joshua 3:17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed…
Isaiah 51:10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass…
Exodus 14:29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on th…
Exodus 15:19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon…
Psalms 66:5-6 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
Isaiah 11:15-16 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shal…
Isaiah 44:27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
Revelation 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 4:20–end

The twelve stones which were laid down in Gilgal (Jos 4:8) are here set up either one upon another, yet so as that they might be distinctly counted, or one by another in rows; for after they were fixed they ar not call a heap of stones, but these stones. I. It is here taken for granted that posterity would enquire into the meaning of them, supposing them intended for a memorial: Your children shall ask their fathers (for who else should they ask?) What mean these stones? Notes, Those that will be wise when they are old must be inquisitive when they are young. Our Lord Jesus, though he had in himself the fulness of knowledge, has by his example taught children and young people to hear and ask…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 4:20

those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal--Probably to render them more conspicuous, they might be raised on a foundation of earth or turf. The pile was designed to serve a double purpose--that of impressing the heathen with a sense of the omnipotence of God, while at the same time it would teach an important lesson in religion to the young and rising Israelites in after ages. Next: Joshua Chapter 5

Adam Clarke on Joshua 4:22

Then ye shall let your children know - The necessity of an early religious education is inculcated through the whole oracles of God. The parents who neglect it have an awful account to give to the Judge of quick and dead.

John Gill on Joshua 4:22

Then ye shall let your children know,.... The meaning of the erection of these stones, acquaint them with the whole history, the meaning of which they are designed to perpetuate: saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land; and if they should ask how that could possibly be done, or if they did not, they were to inform them by what means it was brought about, as follows.

John Calvin on Joshua 4:19–end

Dictionary and topics

Gilgal · River by the people of Israel — River by the people of Israel
Instruction · The pillar of twelve stones at the fords of the Jordan River — The pillar of twelve stones at the fords of the Jordan River
Jordan, The River · Passage of Israel over: Commemorated by a pillar of stones in Gilgal — Passage of Israel over: Commemorated by a pillar of stones in Gilgal
Stones · Memorial pillars of — Memorial pillars of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Joshua 4:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 4:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 4:20

Adam Clarke on Joshua 4:22

John Gill on Joshua 4:22

John Calvin on Joshua 4:19–end

Dictionary and topics

Joshua 4:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 4:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 4:20

Adam Clarke on Joshua 4:22

John Gill on Joshua 4:22

John Calvin on Joshua 4:19–end

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 4:20–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 4:19-20

Rashi on Joshua 4:20