Joshua 4:21

And he spoke unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, When your banim shall ask their avot in time to come, saying, What mean these avanim?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

20And those twelve avanim, which they took out of the Yarden, did Yehoshua set in a pile at Gilgal.

22Then ye shall let your banim know, saying, Yisroel crossed over this Yarden on yabashah (dry land). + 4:22 Gn 1:9

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Cross References

Joshua 4:6That this may be an ot among you, that when your banim ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these avanim?

Psalms 145:4[Dalet] Dor l'dor (generation to generation) shall praise Thy ma'asim, 1 and shall declare Thy gevurot (mighty acts). 1

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 →

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