Joshua 4:21
He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean?’
World English Bible
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In Context
20Joshua set up those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, in Gilgal.
22Then you shall let your children know, saying, ‘Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
Cross References
Joshua 4:6that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in the future, saying, ‘What do you mean by these stones?’
Psalms 145:4One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your 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 →