Joshua 4:22

22 you will let your children know [by] saying, 'Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.'

Joshua 4:22 Meaning and Commentary

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.

Joshua 4:22 In-Context

20 And those twelve stones that they took from the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal.

21 And he said to the {Israelites}, "When your children ask in the future {their parents}, '{What is the meaning of these stones}?'

22 you will let your children know [by] saying, 'Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.'

23 For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you, until you had crossed, just as Yahweh your God did to the {Red Sea}, which he dried up before us until we had crossed over,

24 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of Yahweh [is] strong, so that you may fear Yahweh your God {forever}."