Joshua 4:21
He told the Israelites, “When some day your children ask you their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’
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In Context
20Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones that had been taken from the Jordan.
22you can explain to them, ‘This is where the Israelites crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’
Cross References
Joshua 4:6This will be a memorial among you so when your children one day ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’
Psalms 145:4Let every generation tell the next all that you do, sharing the stories of your amazing miracles!
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 →