Joshua 4:21
He told the Israelites,“When your children someday ask their fathers,‘What do these stones represent?’
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- Josh 4:6 : 6 The stones will be a reminder to you. When your children ask someday,‘Why are these stones important to you?’
- Ps 105:2-5 : 2 Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds! 3 Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice! 4 Seek the LORD and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually! 5 Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,
- Ps 145:4-7 : 4 One generation will praise your deeds to another, and tell about your mighty acts! 5 I will focus on your honor and majestic splendor, and your amazing deeds! 6 They will proclaim the power of your awesome acts! I will declare your great deeds! 7 They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, and sing about your justice.
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- Josh 4:1-99 verses93%
1Israel Commemorates the Crossing When the entire nation was on the other side, the LORD told Joshua,
2“Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.
3Instruct them,‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”
4Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.
5Joshua told them,“Go in front of the ark of the LORD your God to the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to put a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the Israelite tribes.
6The stones will be a reminder to you. When your children ask someday,‘Why are these stones important to you?’
7tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.”
8The Israelites did just as Joshua commanded. They picked up twelve stones, according to the number of the Israelite tribes, from the middle of the Jordan as the LORD had instructed Joshua. They carried them over with them to the camp and put them there.
9Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.
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22explain to your children,‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.’
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20Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.
- Josh 24:26-272 verses76%
26Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the LORD’s shrine.
27Joshua said to all the people,“Look, this stone will be a witness against us, for it has heard everything the LORD said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.”
- Deut 6:20-212 verses76%
20Exhortation to Remember the Past When your children ask you later on,“What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the LORD our God commanded you?”
21you must say to them,“We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way.
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2When you cross the Jordan River to the land the LORD your God is giving you, you must erect great stones and cover them with plaster.
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4So when you cross the Jordan you must erect on Mount Ebal these stones about which I am commanding you today, and you must cover them with plaster.
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26When your children ask you,‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’–
- Josh 3:8-92 verses73%
8Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenant,‘When you reach the bank of the Jordan River, wade into the water.’”
9Joshua told the Israelites,“Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God!”
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15The LORD told Joshua,
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1Israel Designates Cities of Refuge The LORD instructed Joshua:
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14In the future, when your son asks you‘What is this?’ you are to tell him,‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the land of slavery.
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24We swear we have done this because we were worried that in the future your descendants would say to our descendants,‘What relationship do you have with the LORD God of Israel?
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19Teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.
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13Then their children, who have not known this law, will also hear about and learn to fear the LORD your God for as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
- Josh 22:27-282 verses70%
27but as a reminder to us and you, and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the LORD in his very presence with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants,‘You have no right to worship the LORD.’
28We said,‘If in the future they say such a thing to us or to our descendants, we will reply,“See the model of the LORD’s altar that our ancestors made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you.”’
- Ps 78:5-62 verses70%
5He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,
6so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.
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12Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh:
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51“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
- Josh 8:31-322 verses70%
31just as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded the Israelites. As described in the law scroll of Moses, it was made with uncut stones untouched by an iron tool. On it they offered burnt sacrifices to the LORD and sacrificed tokens of peace.
32There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a duplicate of the law written by Moses.
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10You stood before the LORD your God at Horeb and he said to me,“Assemble the people before me so that I can tell them my commands. Then they will learn to revere me all the days they live in the land, and they will instruct their children.”
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7He put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as stones of memorial for the Israelites, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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46he said to them,“Keep in mind all the words I am solemnly proclaiming to you today; you must command your children to observe carefully all the words of this law.
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1Joshua Sends Home the Eastern Tribes Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
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3Tell your children about it, have your children tell their children, and their children the following generation.
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10Joshua Prepares for the Invasion Joshua instructed the leaders of the people:
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2So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them:“I am very old.
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18The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up from the middle of the Jordan, and as soon as they set foot on dry land, the water of the Jordan flowed again and returned to flood stage.
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44The Setting and Introduction of the Covenant This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.
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21I also commanded Joshua at the same time,“You have seen everything the LORD your God did to these two kings; he will do the same to all the kingdoms where you are going.
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25Joshua said,“Why have you brought disaster on us? The LORD will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death.(They also stoned and burned the others.)
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35Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them.