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Joshua 4:23
Joshua 4:23 is verse 23 of Joshua chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.
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King James Version
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:
World English Bible
For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you until you had crossed over, as Yahweh your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had crossed over,
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Joshua 4:21–24 · Berean Standard Bible
21 Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’
22 you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’
23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.
24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
Nehemiah 9:11You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
Psalms 77:16The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.
Psalms 77:17The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.
Psalms 77:18Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
Psalms 77:19Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
Psalms 78:13He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
Isaiah 43:16Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,
Isaiah 63:12who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
Isaiah 63:13who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble?
Isaiah 63:14Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name.