Joshua 4:6

So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

In Context

5And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel:

7Then you will say to them, Because the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the Lord's agreement; when it went over Jordan the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones will be a sign for the children of Israel, keeping it in their memory for ever.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:14And this day is to be kept in your memories: you are to keep it as a feast to the Lord through all your generations, as an order for ever.

Exodus 13:9And this will be for a sign to you on your hand and for a mark on your brow, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand the Lord took you out of Egypt.

Exodus 31:13Say to the children of Israel that they are to keep my Sabbaths; for the Sabbath day is a sign between me and you through all your generations; so that you may see that I am the Lord who makes you holy.

Deuteronomy 6:20And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?

Joshua 4:21And he said to the children of Israel, When your children say to their fathers in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?

Psalms 44:1To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah Maschil.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 4:2-10

The Passage over the Jordan. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night. 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom… Read the whole commentary →

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