Joshua 4:23

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For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until you were passed over, as Yahweh your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were passed over;

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The Jordan was the river Israel crossed into Canaan, while Jericho was the fortified city just west of it; Gilgal became Israel’s first camp in the land, near Jericho. These places frame Joshua 4:23 as a memorial to God’s miraculous crossing, recalling the Red Sea and confirming his faithful entrance of Israel into the promised land.

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Joshua 4:23 mentions Gilgal, Jericho and Jordan.