Joshua 4:21
And he said unto the children of Israel, thus, When your children shall ask in time to come their fathers, saying, What mean these stones?
Leeser Tanakh
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 shall ye let your children know, saying, On dry land did Israel pass over this Jordan;
Cross References
Joshua 4:6In order that this may be a sign among you, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
Psalms 145:4One generation shall praise thy works to the other, and thy mighty acts shall they declare.
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 →