Joshua 4:6

Free Bible Version

This will be a memorial among you so when your children one day ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’

Cross References

Psalm 44:1

God, we have heard with our own ears—our forefathers have told us—all you did in their times, long ago.

Psalm 71:18

Even though I'm old and gray, please don't abandon me, God. Let me tell the new generation about your power. Let me explain to all who are to come the great things you do.

Exodus 12:14

This will be a day to remember for you. You are to celebrate it as a festival to the Lord for generations to come. You will observe this for all time to come.

Exodus 13:14

When in the future your children come to you and ask, ‘Why is this ceremony important to you?’ you are to tell them, ‘The Lord led us out of Egypt, the land of our slavery, by his amazing power.

Exodus 13:9

When you celebrate this ceremony it will be like a sign on your hand and a reminder between your eyes that this teaching of the Lord should be spoken about regularly. For the Lord led you out of Egypt with his great power.

Exodus 31:13

“Tell the Israelites, ‘It's absolutely essential that you keep my Sabbaths. The Sabbath will be a sign between me and you for generations to come, so that you'll know that I am the Lord who makes you holy.

Isaiah 38:19

It's only the living who can praise you as I'm doing today. Parents explain to their children how you can be trusted.

Isaiah 55:13

Cypress trees will grow instead of thorn bushes; myrtle trees will grow instead of brambles. This is to confirm the Lord's reputation—an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.

Ezekiel 20:12

I also gave them my Sabbaths to be a sign between me and them, so that they would acknowledge that I am the Lord who makes them holy.

Ezekiel 20:20

Keep my Sabbaths holy so they may be a sign between me and you, so that you may acknowledge that I am the Lord your God.’

Numbers 16:38

Have the incense burners of those who sinned at the expense of their own lives hammered into metal sheets as a covering for the altar, because they were offered before the Lord, and so have become holy. They will be a reminder to Israelites of what happened.”

Acts 2:39

This promise is given to you, to your children, and to all who are far away—everyone the Lord our God calls.”

Deuteronomy 11:19

Teach them to your children and talk about them when you're at home and when you're traveling, when you lie down and when you get up.

Joshua 22:27

but as a witness between us and you, and for the generations that come after us, that we will come to worship the Lord in his presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and friendship offerings.’ Then your descendants will not be able to say to ours in the future, ‘You don't belong to the Lord.’

Joshua 4:21

He told the Israelites, “When some day your children ask you their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’

Joshua 4:5

and told them, “Go back into the middle of the Jordan, right in front of the Ark of the Agreement of the Lord your God, and each of you pick up a stone and carry it on your shoulder, one for each of the tribes of Israel.