Joshua 4:13

About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

Cross-reference

Joshua 6:7 Historical context

Joshua 6:7 repeats 'let him that is armed pass on before the ark' — directly continuing the role of the armed men in the Jericho battle.

Numbers 32:17 Prophetic fulfillment

Numbers 32:17 has them promising to go armed before Israel — directly describing the armed men who cross in Joshua 4:13.

Numbers 32:20 Prophetic fulfillment

Numbers 32:20 records Moses' command to go armed before the LORD — the mandate fulfilled by the crossing party in Joshua 4:13.

Deuteronomy 3:18 Prophetic fulfillment

Deuteronomy 3:18 commands the armed tribes to cross before their brethren — the exact mandate carried out in Joshua 4:13.

1 Chronicles 5:18 Historical context

Both describe the armed men from Transjordan tribes; Joshua gives ~40,000 while 1 Chronicles gives 44,760, likely the same military force.

2 Kings 25:5 shows the Babylonian army overtaking Zedekiah at the same plains of Jericho — a later military defeat contrasts with Israel's conquest.

Jeremiah 39:5 repeats the Babylonian pursuit at the plains of Jericho — a tragic parallel to Israel's victorious crossing at the same location.

Jeremiah 52:8 again mentions the plains of Jericho as the site of Zedekiah's capture — contrasting later defeat with Israel's entry.