YuēShūyàjì 4:7

7 Nǐmen jiù duì tāmen shuō , zhè shì yīnwei Yuēdànhé de shuǐ zaì Yēhéhuá de yuē jǔ qián duàn jué . yuē jǔ guō Yuēdànhé de shíhou , Yuēdànhé de shuǐ jiù duàn jué le . zhèxie shítou yào zuò Yǐsèliè rén yǒngyuǎn de jìniàn .

YuēShūyàjì 4:7 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 4:7

Then ye shall answer them
By informing them of the design and use of them:

that the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant
of the Lord when it passed over Jordan;
the waters below from those that were, above, which stood up on an heap; so that they were divided and separated from each other, and made dry land for a passage of the children of Israel; and this was done before, and in the presence of the ark of the covenant, to show that is was owing to the power of God, of whose presence the ark was a symbol:

the waters of Jordan were cut off;
which is repeated for the confirmation of it, and that it might be taken notice of as a very marvellous event, and to be ascribed to the divine omnipotence and goodness:

and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel
for ever;
which, whenever seen and observed by them, would put them in mind of this wonderful appearance of God for them; and Jerom ^F8 speaks of them as if seen by Paula in his time, whose life and travels in those parts are written by him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Epitaph. Paulae in tom. 1. Oper. fol. 59. K.

YuēShūyàjì 4:7 In-Context

5 Duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen xià Yuēdànhé zhōng , guō dào Yēhéhuá nǐmen shén de yuē jǔ qiántou , àn zhe Yǐsèliè rén shí èr zhīpaì de shùmù , mĕi rén qǔ yī kuaì shítou káng zaì jiān shàng .

6 Zhèxie shítou zaì nǐmen zhōngjiān kĕyǐ zuòwéi zhèngjù . rìhòu , nǐmen de zǐsūn wèn nǐmen shuō , zhèxie shítou shì shénme yìsi .

7 Nǐmen jiù duì tāmen shuō , zhè shì yīnwei Yuēdànhé de shuǐ zaì Yēhéhuá de yuē jǔ qián duàn jué . yuē jǔ guō Yuēdànhé de shíhou , Yuēdànhé de shuǐ jiù duàn jué le . zhèxie shítou yào zuò Yǐsèliè rén yǒngyuǎn de jìniàn .

8 Yǐsèliè rén jiù zhào Yuēshūyà suǒ fēnfu de , àn zhe Yǐsèliè rén zhīpaì de shùmù , cóng Yuēdànhé zhōng qǔ le shí èr kuaì shítou , dōu zūn Yēhéhuá suǒ fēnfu Yuēshūyà de xíng le . tāmen bǎ shítou daì guō qù , dào tāmen suǒ zhù sù de dìfang , jiù fàng zaì nàli .

9 Yuēshūyà Lìng bǎ shí èr kuaì shítou lì zaì Yuēdànhé zhōng , zaì tái yuē jǔ de jìsī jiǎo zhàn lì de dìfang . zhídào jīnrì , nà shítou hái zaì nàli .