Joshua 4:23
Good News Translation
Tell them that the LORD your God dried up the water of the Jordan for you until you had crossed, just as he dried up the Red Sea for us.

New Revised Standard Version
For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you crossed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up for us until we crossed over,

New American Bible
For the LORD, your God, dried up the waters of the Jordan in front of you until you crossed over, just as the LORD, your God, had done at the Red Sea, drying it up in front of us until we crossed over,

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord your God drying up the waters thereof in your sight, until you passed over: [24] As he had done before in the Red Sea, which he dried up till we passed through:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Lord your God drying up the waters thereof in your sight, until you passed over: [24] As he had done before in the Red Sea, which he dried up till we passed through:

which he dried

Exodus 14:21 And when Moses had stretched forth his hand over the sea, the Lord took it away by a strong and burning wind blowing all the night, and turned it into dry ground: and the water was divided.

Nehemiah 9:11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land: but their persecutors thou threwest into the depth, as a stone into mighty waters.

Psalm 77:16-19 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee: and they were afraid, and the depths were troubled. . . .

Psalm 78:13 He divided the sea and brought them through: and he made the waters to stand as in a vessel.

Isaiah 43:16 Thus saith the Lord, who made a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters.

Isaiah 63:12-14 He that brought out Moses by the right hand, by the arm of his majesty: that divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name. . . .

Context
The Camp at Gilgal
22You shall teach them, and say: Israel passed over this Jordan through the dry channel, 23The Lord your God drying up the waters thereof in your sight, until you passed over: [24] As he had done before in the Red Sea, which he dried up till we passed through:24That all the people of the earth may learn the most mighty hand of the Lord, that you also may fear the Lord your God for ever.…
Cross References
Exodus 14:21
And when Moses had stretched forth his hand over the sea, the Lord took it away by a strong and burning wind blowing all the night, and turned it into dry ground: and the water was divided.

1 Kings 8:43
Then hear thou in heaven, in the firmament of thy dwelling place, and do all those things, for which that stranger shall call upon thee: that all the people of the earth may learn to fear thy name, as do thy people Israel, and may prove that thy name is called upon on this house, which I have built.

Joshua 4:22
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