Then Joshua told the Israelites, “In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these rocks mean?’
These rocks will be a sign for you. In the future, your children will ask you, ‘What do these rocks mean?’
“In the future, your children will ask why you do this. They will say, ‘What does all this mean?’ And you will answer, ‘The Lord used his great power to save us from Egypt. We were slaves in that place, but he led us out and brought us here.
They carried with them the twelve rocks that they had taken from the Jordan River, and Joshua set them up at Gilgal.
Tell them, ‘These rocks help us remember the way the people of Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry land.’