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target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, Come up from the Jordan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/4-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>It came about when the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> had come up from the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks as before. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/4-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth of the first month and camped at Gilgal on the eastern edge of Jericho. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/4-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/4-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>He said to the sons of Israel, When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What are these stones? <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/4-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>then you shall inform your children, saying, Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/4-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>For the L<font size="1">ORD</font> your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as the L<font size="1">ORD</font> your God had done to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/4-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> is mighty, so that you may fear the L<font size="1">ORD</font> your God forever. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he said to him: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/joshua/4.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/stones_crying_out.htm">Stones Crying Out</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over. 11. And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. 12. And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/stones_crying_out.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/berry/adventures_in_the_land_of_canaan/chapter_three_the_jordan_memorial.htm">The Jordan Memorial Stone</a><br></span><span class="snippet">THE JORDAN MEMORIAL STONE One thing has always troubled me, and that is the witness of entire sanctification. How may one know all the time that He is sanctified? What is the witness to sanctification? Is it a feeling? an assurance? a peace? or what is it? Is it equally strong at all times, or does it come and go? If you can give me any information on this line, I shall greatly appreciate it. * * * * * One of the things that Joshua commanded the Israelites to do at the crossing <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/berry/adventures_in_the_land_of_canaan/chapter_three_the_jordan_memorial.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Robert Lee Berry—</span><span class="citation2">Adventures in the Land of Canaan</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/the_waters_saw_thee_they.htm"> 'The Waters Saw Thee; they were Afraid'</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you. 6. And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people. 7. And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. 8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/the_waters_saw_thee_they.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_88_gilgal_in_deuteronomy.htm">Gilgal, in Deuteronomy 11:30 what the Place Was. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">That which is said by Moses, that "Gerizim and Ebal were over-against Gilgal," Deuteronomy 11:30, is so obscure, that it is rendered into contrary significations by interpreters. Some take it in that sense, as if it were near to Gilgal: some far off from Gilgal: the Targumists read, "before Gilgal": while, as I think, they do not touch the difficulty; which lies not so much in the signification of the word Mul, as in the ambiguity of the word Gilgal. These do all seem to understand that Gilgal which <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_88_gilgal_in_deuteronomy.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Lightfoot—</span><span class="citation2">From the Talmud and Hebraica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_46_the_country_of.htm">The Country of Jericho, and the Situation of the City. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">Here we will borrow Josephus' pencil, "Jericho is seated in a plain, yet a certain barren mountain hangs over it, narrow, indeed, but long; for it runs out northward to the country of Scythopolis,--and southward, to the country of Sodom, and the utmost coast of the Asphaltites." Of this mountain mention is made, Joshua 2:22, where the two spies, sent by Joshua, and received by Rahab, are said to "conceal themselves." "Opposite against this, lies a mountain on the other side Jordan, beginning from <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_46_the_country_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Lightfoot—</span><span class="citation2">From the Talmud and Hebraica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the_works_of_john_bunyan_volumes_1-3/the_holy_war.htm">The Holy War,</a><br></span><span class="snippet">MADE BY SHADDAI UPON DIABOLUS, FOR THE REGAINING OF THE METROPOLIS OF THE WORLD; OR, THE LOSING AND TAKING AGAIN OF THE TOWN OF MANSOUL. THE AUTHOR OF 'THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS.' 'I have used similitudes.'--Hosea 12:10. London: Printed for Dorman Newman, at the King's Arms in the Poultry; and Benjamin Alsop, at the Angel and Bible in the Poultry, 1682. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. Bunyan's account of the Holy War is indeed an extraordinary book, manifesting a degree of genius, research, and spiritual <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the_works_of_john_bunyan_volumes_1-3/the_holy_war.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Bunyan—</span><span class="citation2">The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/joshua.htm">Joshua</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The book of Joshua is the natural complement of the Pentateuch. Moses is dead, but the people are on the verge of the promised land, and the story of early Israel would be incomplete, did it not record the conquest of that land and her establishment upon it. The divine purpose moves restlessly on, until it is accomplished; so "after the death of Moses, Jehovah spake to Joshua," i. 1. The book falls naturally into three divisions: (a) the conquest of Canaan (i.-xii.), (b) the settlement of the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/joshua.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/4-15.htm">Joshua 4:15 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/joshua/4-15.htm">Joshua 4:15 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/joshua/4-15.htm">Joshua 4:15 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/joshua/4-15.htm">Joshua 4:15 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/joshua/4-15.htm">Joshua 4:15 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/4-15.htm">Joshua 4:15 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/joshua/4-15.htm">Joshua 4:15 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../joshua/4-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Joshua 4:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Joshua 4:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../joshua/4-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Joshua 4:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Joshua 4:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/joshua/4-15.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>