Joshua 4:21
And he spoke to the sons of Israel, saying, When your sons shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
20And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal.
22Then ye shall let your sons know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
Cross References
Joshua 4:6that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What do ye mean by these stones?
Psalms 145:4One generation shall laud thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 4:21-24
20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. 21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? 22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 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… Read the whole commentary →