Exodus 13:14Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012In the future your children will ask what this ceremony means. Explain it to them by saying, “The LORD used his mighty power to rescue us from slavery in Egypt. See the chapter |
We built that altar because we were worried. Some day your descendants might tell our descendants, “The LORD made the River Jordan the boundary between us Israelites and you people of Reuben and Gad. The LORD is Israel's God, but you're not part of Israel, so you can't take part in worshipping the LORD.” Your descendants might say that and try to make our descendants stop worshipping and obeying the LORD.
Then the LORD sent a prophet to them with this message: I am the LORD God of Israel, so listen to what I say. You were slaves in Egypt, but I set you free and led you out of Egypt into this land. And when nations here made life miserable for you, I rescued you and helped you get rid of them and take their land.