Joshua 4:6

New Living Translation

We will use these stones to build a memorial. In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’

Cross References

Psalm 44:1

O God, we have heard it with our own ears— our ancestors have told us of all you did in their day, in days long ago:

Psalm 71:18

Now that I am old and gray, do not abandon me, O God. Let me proclaim your power to this new generation, your mighty miracles to all who come after me.

Exodus 12:14

“This is a day to remember. Each year, from generation to generation, you must celebrate it as a special festival to the Lord. This is a law for all time.

Exodus 13:14

“And in the future, your children will ask you, ‘What does all this mean?’ Then you will tell them, ‘With the power of his mighty hand, the Lord brought us out of Egypt, the place of our slavery.

Exodus 13:9

This annual festival will be a visible sign to you, like a mark branded on your hand or your forehead. Let it remind you always to recite this teaching of the Lord: ‘With a strong hand, the Lord rescued you from Egypt.’

Exodus 31:13

“Tell the people of Israel: ‘Be careful to keep my Sabbath day, for the Sabbath is a sign of the covenant between me and you from generation to generation. It is given so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy.

Isaiah 38:19

Only the living can praise you as I do today. Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next.

Isaiah 55:13

Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow. Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up. These events will bring great honor to the Lord’s name; they will be an everlasting sign of his power and love.”

Ezekiel 20:12

And I gave them my Sabbath days of rest as a sign between them and me. It was to remind them that I am the Lord, who had set them apart to be holy.

Ezekiel 20:20

and keep my Sabbath days holy, for they are a sign to remind you that I am the Lord your God.’

Numbers 16:38

Take the incense burners of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and hammer the metal into a thin sheet to overlay the altar. Since these burners were used in the Lord’s presence, they have become holy. Let them serve as a warning to the people of Israel.”

Acts 2:39

This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away—all who have been called by the Lord our God.”

Deuteronomy 11:19

Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.

Joshua 22:27

but as a memorial. It will remind our descendants and your descendants that we, too, have the right to worship the Lord at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings. Then your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no claim to the Lord.’

Joshua 4:21

Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future your children will ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’

Joshua 4:5

He told them, “Go into the middle of the Jordan, in front of the Ark of the Lord your God. Each of you must pick up one stone and carry it out on your shoulder—twelve stones in all, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.