Joshua 4:23

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:

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֨ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֜ם 'e.lo.hei.Khem	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
up	הוֹבִישׁ֩ ho.Vish	H3001	to be ashamed · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
waters	מֵ֧י mei	H4325	water · noun, common masculine plural construct
Jordan	הַיַּרְדֵּ֛ן hai.yar.Den	H3383	Jarden · definite article + proper noun, a place name
before	מִפְּנֵיכֶ֖ם mi.pe.nei.Khem	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
over	עָבְרְכֶ֑ם 'a.ve.re.Khem	H5674	to cross over · verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
LORD	יְהוָ֨ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֧ם 'e.lo.hei.Khem	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
did	עָשָׂה֩ 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Red	ס֛וּף suf	H5488	a reed · noun, masculine singular absolute
sea	לְיַם le.yam-	H3220	a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
up	הוֹבִ֥ישׁ ho.Vish	H3001	to be ashamed · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
before	מִפָּנֵ֖ינוּ mi.pa.Nei.nu	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
over	עָבְרֵֽנוּ 'a.ve.Re.nu	H5674	to cross over · verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix

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

Exodus 14:21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea…
Isaiah 43:16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Isaiah 63:12-14 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
Nehemiah 9:11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwe…
Psalms 77:16-19 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
Psalms 78:13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

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 4:23

For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over,.... As this is supposed to be said in future time, and to persons who were not upon the spot when this was done, and so entirely ignorant of the affair; it is not to be understood of them personally, but of the same people they were of, the people of Israel in former times, of their ancestors, and of them in them; the benefits of which they enjoyed by possessing the land of Canaan their fathers were at this time introduced into: as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over; for though the generation of men, for the most part, was dead, that pa…

Dictionary and topics

Fear, Godly · Motives to: Wondrous works of God — Motives to: Wondrous works of God
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
Red Sea · 14;15:1,4,11,19; — 14;15:1,4,11,19;
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 4:23

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 4:23

Dictionary and topics

Joshua 4:23

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 4:23

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Joshua 4:19–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 4:20–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 4:19-20

Rashi on Joshua 4:20