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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jos 4:23 — For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
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as the LORD
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"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." |
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which he dried
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Exd 14:21; Neh 9:11; Psa 77:16-19; Psa 78:13; Isa 43:16; Isa 63:12-14 |
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Exd 14:21 |
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go [back] by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry [land], and the waters were divided. |
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Neh 9:11 |
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. |
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Psa 77:16 |
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. |
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Psa 77:17 |
The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. |
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Psa 77:18 |
The voice of thy thunder [was] in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. |
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Psa 77:19 |
Thy way [is] in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. |
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Psa 78:13 |
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. |
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Isa 43:16 |
Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; |
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Isa 63:12 |
That led [them] by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? |
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Isa 63:13 |
That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, [that] they should not stumble? |
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Isa 63:14 |
As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Joshua 4:23," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Jos/4/23.html>.
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