"Their children,whohave not known,will hearand learnto fearthe LORDyour God,as longas you liveon the landwhichyou are about to crossthe Jordanto possess."
Trainup a childin the wayhe should go, Evenwhenhe is oldhe will not departfrom it.
sothat your generationsmay knowthat I had the sonsof Israellivein boothswhen I broughtthem out from the landof Egypt.I am the LORDyour God.'"
Then Zerubbabelthe sonof Shealtiel,and Joshuathe sonof Jehozadak,the highpriest,with allthe remnantof the people,obeyedthe voiceof the LORDtheir Godand the wordsof Haggaithe prophet,as the LORDtheir Godhad senthim. And the peopleshowedreverencefor the LORD.
Fathers,do not provokeyour childrento anger,but bringthem up in the disciplineand instructionof the Lord.
"Knowthis daythat I [am] not [speaking] with your sonswhohave not knownand whohave not seenthe disciplineof the LORDyour God--His greatness,His mightyhandand His outstretchedarm,
"Assemblethe people,the menand the womenand childrenand the alienwhois in your town,sothat they may hearand learnand fearthe LORDyour God,and be carefulto observeallthe wordsof thislaw.
Then the LORDsaidto Moses,"Behold,the timefor you to dieis near;callJoshua,and presentyourselves at the tentof meeting,that I may commissionhim." So Mosesand Joshuawentand presentedthemselves at the tentof meeting.
"For it is not an idlewordfor you; indeedit is your life.And by thiswordyou will prolongyour daysin the land,whichyou are about to crossthe Jordanto possess."
"[Remember] the dayyou stoodbeforethe LORDyour Godat Horeb,when the LORDsaidto me, 'Assemblethe peopleto Me, that I may let them hearMy wordssothey may learnto fearMe allthe daysthey liveon the earth,and that they may teachtheir children.'
You shall teachthem diligentlyto your sonsand shall talkof them when you sitin your houseand when you walkby the wayand when you liedownand when you riseup.
