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Joshua 4:21

Joshua 4:21 is verse 21 of Joshua chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’

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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?

World English Bible

He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean?’

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Joshua 4:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

20 And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

21 Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’

22 you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’

23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.

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Hebrew words

וַיֹּ֛אמֶרand he said אֶלto בְּנֵ֥י[the] people of יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying אֲשֶׁר֩that יִשְׁאָל֨וּןthey will ask !בְּנֵיכֶ֤םchildren your מָחָר֙tomorrow אֶת<obj.>אֲבוֹתָ֣םfathers their לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying מָ֖הwhat?הָאֲבָנִ֥ים[are] the stones הָאֵֽלֶּה<the> these

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Joshua 4:6
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

Psalms 105:2
Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.

Psalms 105:3
Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

Psalms 105:4
Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

Psalms 105:5
Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,

Psalms 145:4
One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—

Psalms 145:5
the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.

Psalms 145:6
They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.

Psalms 145:7
They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.

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