Bible Strands
Joshua 4:22
you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua addresses the Israelites at the Jordan crossing site, instructing them to relay the event to future generations.
The words — The command uses הוֹדַעְתֶּם (ho.da'TEM), meaning "you will make known," paired with בַּיַּבָּשָׁה (ba.ya.ba'SHAH), meaning "on dry ground," to frame the directive.
The thread — This dry-ground crossing motif recurs in Joshua 3:17 where the priests stand on dry ground, echoes Isaiah 51:10’s reference to God making a road in the depths, and parallels Exodus 14:29’s account of the Red Sea crossing.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to transmit a specific historical miracle as a factual account of divine action rather than accepting it as abstract tradition.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
Cross-references
- Joshua 3:17 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed over the dry ground, until the entire nation had crossed the Jordan.
- Isaiah 51:10 Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
- Exodus 14:29 But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
- Exodus 15:19 For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.
- Psalms 66:5 Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind.
- Isaiah 11:15 The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.
- Isaiah 44:27 who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
- Revelation 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.