Joshua 4:6

New Century Version

They will be a sign among you. In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these rocks mean?’

Cross References

Psalm 44:1

God, we have heard about you. Our ancestors told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.

Psalm 71:18

Even though I am old and gray, do not leave me, God. I will tell the children about your power; I will tell those who live after me about your might.

Exodus 12:14

“You are always to remember this day and celebrate it with a feast to the Lord. Your descendants are to honor the Lord with this feast from now on.

Exodus 13:14

“From now on when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you will answer, ‘With his great power, the Lord brought us out from Egypt, the land where we were slaves.

Exodus 13:9

This feast will help you remember, like a mark on your hand or a reminder on your forehead. This feast will remind you to speak the Lord’s teachings, because the Lord used his great power to bring you out of Egypt.

Exodus 31:13

“Tell the Israelites, ‘You must keep the rules about my Sabbaths, because they will be a sign between you and me from now on. In this way you will know that I, the Lord, make you holy.

Isaiah 38:19

The people who are alive are the ones who praise you. They praise you as I praise you today. A father should tell his children that you provide help.

Isaiah 55:13

Large cypress trees will grow where thornbushes were. Myrtle trees will grow where weeds were. These things will be a reminder of the Lord’s promise, and this reminder will never be destroyed.”

Ezekiel 20:12

I also gave them my Sabbaths to be a sign between us so they would know that I am the Lord who made them holy.

Ezekiel 20:20

Keep my Sabbaths holy, and they will be a sign between me and you. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.”

Numbers 16:38

Take the pans of these men who sinned and lost their lives, and hammer them into flat sheets that will be used to cover the altar. They are holy, because they were presented to the Lord, and they will be a sign to the Israelites.”

Acts 2:39

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

Deuteronomy 11:19

Teach them well to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Joshua 22:27

This altar is proof to you and us and to all our children who will come after us that we worship the Lord with our whole burnt offerings, grain, and fellowship offerings. This was so your children would not say to our children, ‘You are not the Lord’s.’

Joshua 4:21

Then he spoke to the Israelites: “In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these rocks mean?’

Joshua 4:5

and said to them, “Go out into the river where the Ark of the Lord your God is. Each of you bring back one rock, one for each tribe of Israel, and carry it on your shoulder.