约书亚记 4:23

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

因為耶和華你們的　神在你們面前使約旦河的水乾了，直到你們都過了河，好像耶和華你們的　神從前對紅海所行的，在我們面前使紅海乾了，直到我們都過了河一樣；

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
因 为 耶 和 华 ─ 你 们 的 　 神 在 你 们 前 面 使 约 但 河 的 水 乾 了 ， 等 着 你 们 过 来 ， 就 如 耶 和 华 ─ 你 们 的 　 神 从 前 在 我 们 前 面 使 红 海 乾 了 ， 等 着 我 们 过 来 一 样 ，

Contextual Overview

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.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

as the Lord: The parents must take that occasion to tell their children of the drying up of the Red Sea forty years before: "As the Lord your God did to the Red Sea." It greatly magnifies later mercies to compare them with those before enjoyed; for, by making the comparison, it appears that God is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever. Later blessings should also bring to remembrance former mercies, and revive thankfulness for them.

which he dried: Exodus 14:21, Nehemiah 9:11, Psalms 77:16-19, Psalms 78:13, Isaiah 43:16, Isaiah 63:12-14

Reciprocal: Exodus 10:1 - that I Joshua 24:11 - And ye Habakkuk 3:10 - the overflowing 1 Corinthians 10:1 - and all

Cross-References

Exodus 20:13
"You must not murder anyone.

Leviticus 19:18
Forget about the wrong things people do to you, and do not try to get even. Love your neighbor as you love yourself. I am the Lord .

Numbers 23:18
Then Balaam gave this message: "Stand up, Balak, and listen. Hear me, son of Zippor.

Judges 9:7
When Jotham heard this, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He shouted to the people: "Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, so that God will listen to you!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over,.... As this is supposed to be said in future time, and to persons who were not upon the spot when this was done, and so entirely ignorant of the affair; it is not to be understood of them personally, but of the same people they were of, the people of Israel in former times, of their ancestors, and of them in them; the benefits of which they enjoyed by possessing the land of Canaan their fathers were at this time introduced into:

as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over; for though the generation of men, for the most part, was dead, that passed through the Red sea; yet as Joshua himself, and Caleb and Eleazar, and it may be some others that were not among the murmurers, were still living, for whom that miracle was wrought, this way of speaking is very properly made use of; and especially when it is observed, that there were many of the present generation then young, which passed over, and even those unborn were in and represented by their ancestors, and who enjoyed the advantages of that wonderful mercy; so these two strange events are joined together, as instances of divine power and goodness, in Psalms 114:3.