Joshua 4:21
And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What [mean] these stones?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20And those twelve stones which they had taken out of the Jordan did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
22then ye shall let your children know, saying, On dry land did Israel come over this Jordan;
Cross References
Joshua 4:6that this may be a sign in your midst. When your children ask hereafter, saying, What mean ye 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 →