Joshua 4:6

Modern English Version

so that this will be a sign among you. When your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

Cross References

Psalm 44:1

We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what deeds You performed in their days, in the days of old:

Psalm 71:18

Now also when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare Your might to this generation, and Your power to everyone who is to come.

Exodus 12:14

This day shall be a memorial to you, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord. Throughout your generations you shall keep it a feast by an eternal ordinance.

Exodus 13:14

“It shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall say to him, ‘With a strong hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Exodus 13:9

It shall be as a sign to you on your hand and as a memorial on your forehead, in order that the Lord’s law may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt.

Exodus 31:13

Speak also to the Israelites, saying, “You must surely keep My Sabbaths, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you.

Isaiah 38:19

It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do this day; a father explains to his sons about Your faithfulness.

Isaiah 55:13

Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; and it shall be to the Lord for a memorial, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

Ezekiel 20:12

Moreover I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

Ezekiel 20:20

And make holy My Sabbaths. And they shall be a sign between Me and you that you may know that I am the Lord your God.

Numbers 16:38

As for the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their own lives, make them into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they presented them before the Lord and they are holy. They shall be a sign to the Israelites.

Acts 2:39

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

Deuteronomy 11:19

You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Joshua 22:27

but as a witness for us, for you, and for the generations after us, that we may perform the service of the Lord before Him with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings, and in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, “You have no share in the Lord!” ’

Joshua 4:21

He said to the Israelites, “When your children someday ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’

Joshua 4:5

Then Joshua said to them, “Cross over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you lift up a stone upon your shoulder, one for each of the tribes of the Israelites,