He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean?’
It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall tell him, ‘By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Joshua set up those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, in Gilgal.
Then you shall let your children know, saying, ‘Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
that this may be a sign amongst you, that when your children ask in the future, saying, ‘What do you mean by these stones?’