Joshua 4:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Some day your children will ask, “Why are these rocks here?” Then you can tell them how the water stopped flowing when the chest was being carried across the river. These rocks will always remind our people of what happened here today.

Cross References

Psalm 44:1

Our God, our ancestors told us what wonders you worked and we listened carefully.

Psalm 71:18

Don't leave me when I am old and my hair turns grey. Let me tell future generations about your mighty power.

Exodus 12:14

Remember this day and celebrate it each year as a festival in my honour.

Exodus 13:14

In 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.

Exodus 13:9

This celebration will be like wearing a sign on your hand or on your forehead, because then you will pass on to others the teaching of the LORD, whose mighty power brought you out of Egypt.

Isaiah 38:19

Only the living can thank you, as I am doing today. Each generation tells the next about your faithfulness.

Isaiah 55:13

Cypress and myrtle trees will grow in fields once covered by thorns. And then those trees will stand as a lasting witness to the glory of the LORD.

Ezekiel 20:12

And I commanded them to respect the Sabbath as a way of showing that they were holy and belonged to me.

Ezekiel 20:20

I told them to respect my Sabbath to show that they were my people and that I was the LORD their God.

Numbers 16:38

because they were used for offering incense to me. Have them hammered into a thin layer of bronze as a covering for the altar. Those men died because of their sin, and now their fire pans will become a warning for the rest of the community.”

Acts 2:39

This promise is for you and your children. It is for everyone our Lord God will choose, no matter where they live.”

Deuteronomy 11:19

Teach them to your children. Talk about them all the time—whether you're at home or walking along the road or going to bed at night, or getting up in the morning.

Joshua 22:27

To build another altar for offering sacrifices would be the same as turning our backs on the LORD and rebelling against him. We could never do that! No, we built the altar to remind us and you and the generations to come that we will worship the LORD. And so we will keep bringing our sacrifices to the LORD's altar, there in front of his sacred tent. Now your descendants will never be able to say to our descendants, “You can't worship the LORD.” But if they do say this, our descendants can answer back, “Look at this altar our ancestors built! It's like the LORD's altar, but it isn't for offering sacrifices. It's here to remind us and you that we belong to the LORD, just as much as you do.”

Joshua 4:21

Then Joshua told the people: Years from now your children will ask you why these rocks are here.

Joshua 4:5

and told them: Go to the middle of the river bed where the sacred chest is, and pick up a large rock. Carry it on your shoulder to our camp. There are twelve of you, so there will be one rock for each tribe.