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Joshua 4:23

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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

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