Deuteronomy 6:20

When thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying,—What mean the testimonies and the statutes and the regulations, which Yahweh our God commanded you?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?

In Context

19to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee,—As spake Yahweh.

21Then shalt thou say unto thy son, Servants, were we unto Pharaoh in Egypt,—and Yahweh brought us forth out of Egypt with a firm hand;

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Cross References

Exodus 10:2and that thou mayest recount in the ears of thy son and thy sons’ son, what I did in derision of the Egyptians, and my signs which I displayed among them,—so shall ye know that I, am Yahweh.

Exodus 13:14And it shall be when thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying, What is this? Then shalt thou say unto him: With strength of hand, did Yahweh bring us forth out of Egypt out of the house of slaves.

Joshua 4:6that this may be a sign in your midst,—for your sons will ask in time to come, saying, What mean these stones to you?

Proverbs 22:6Train up a youth, in the direction of his duty, even when he becometh old, he will not depart from it.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 6:18-25

A Charge to Israel. ( b. c. 1451.) 17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. 18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord : that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, 19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken. 20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the… Read the whole commentary →

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