Joshua 4:22

22 Tell them, 'Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry land.

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 They carried with them the twelve rocks taken from the Jordan, and Joshua set them up at Gilgal.

21 Then he spoke to the Israelites: "In the future your children will ask you, 'What do these rocks mean?'

22 Tell them, 'Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry land.

23 The Lord your God caused the water to stop flowing until you finished crossing it, just as the Lord did to the Red Sea. He stopped the water until we crossed it.

24 The Lord did this so all people would know he has great power and so you would always respect the Lord your God.'"