Joshua 4:6

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The stones will be a reminder to you. When your children ask someday,‘Why are these stones important to you?’

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  • Exod 13:14 : 14 In 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.
  • Josh 4:21 : 21 He told the Israelites,“When your children someday ask their fathers,‘What do these stones represent?’
  • Josh 22:27 : 27 but 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.’
  • Ps 44:1 : 1 For the music director; by the Korahites, a well-written song. O God, we have clearly heard; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in ancient times.
  • Ps 71:18 : 18 Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power.
  • Ps 78:3-8 : 3 What we have heard and learned– that which our ancestors have told us– 4 we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the LORD’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done. 5 He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants, 6 so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them. 7 Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands. 8 Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.
  • Isa 38:19 : 19 The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.
  • Isa 55:13 : 13 Evergreens will grow in place of thorn bushes, firs will grow in place of nettles; they will be a monument to the LORD, a permanent reminder that will remain.
  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 I also gave them my Sabbaths as a reminder of our relationship, so that they would know that I, the LORD, sanctify them.
  • Ezek 20:20 : 20 Treat my Sabbaths as holy and they will be a reminder of our relationship, and then you will know that I am the LORD your God.”
  • Acts 2:39 : 39 For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
  • Exod 31:13 : 13 “Tell the Israelites,‘Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
  • Num 16:38 : 38 As for the censers of these men who sinned at the cost of their lives, they must be made into hammered sheets for covering the altar, because they presented them before the LORD and sanctified them. They will become a sign to the Israelites.”
  • Deut 6:20-21 : 20 Exhortation 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?” 21 you must say to them,“We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way.
  • Deut 11:19 : 19 Teach 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.
  • Exod 12:14 : 14 This day will become a memorial for you, and you will celebrate it as a festival to the LORD– you will celebrate it perpetually as a lasting ordinance.
  • Exod 12:26-27 : 26 When your children ask you,‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’– 27 then you will say,‘It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s Passover, when he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck Egypt and delivered our households.’” The people bowed down low to the ground,
  • Exod 13:9 : 9 It will be a sign for you on your hand and a memorial on your forehead, so that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

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  • Josh 4:20-22
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    20Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

    21He told the Israelites,“When your children someday ask their fathers,‘What do these stones represent?’

    22explain to your children,‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.’

  • Josh 4:7-9
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    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.

  • Josh 4:1-5
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    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.

  • Josh 24:26-27
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    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
    78%

    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?”

  • Josh 22:27-28
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    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.”’

  • Exod 12:26
    75%

    26When your children ask you,‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’–

  • Deut 27:2
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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.

  • Deut 27:4
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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.

  • Ps 78:5-6
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    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.

  • Exod 13:14
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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.

  • Deut 31:13
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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.”

  • Deut 4:9-10
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    9Reminder of the Horeb Covenant Again, however, pay very careful attention, lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.

    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.”

  • Josh 22:24
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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?

  • Deut 11:18-21
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    18Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols on your forehead.

    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.

    20Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates

    21so that your days and those of your descendants may be extended in the land which the LORD promised to give to your ancestors, like the days of heaven itself.

  • Joel 1:3
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    3Tell your children about it, have your children tell their children, and their children the following generation.

  • Exod 39:7
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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.

  • Josh 3:8-9
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    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!”

  • Deut 6:6-8
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    6Exhortation to Teach the Covenant Principles These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind,

    7and you must teach 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.

    8You should tie them as a reminder on your forearm and fasten them as symbols on your forehead.

  • Deut 4:25
    70%

    25Threat and Blessing following Covenant Disobedience After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind and do other evil things before the LORD your God that enrage him,

  • Deut 32:46
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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.

  • Ezek 37:18
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    18When your people say to you,‘Will you not tell us what these things mean?’

  • Josh 8:32
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    32There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a duplicate of the law written by Moses.

  • Exod 13:8-9
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    8You are to tell your son on that day,‘It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

    9It will be a sign for you on your hand and a memorial on your forehead, so that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

  • Deut 32:7
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    7Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.

  • Exod 39:14
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    14The stones were for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, corresponding to the number of their names. Each name corresponding to one of the twelve tribes was like the engravings of a seal.

  • Deut 4:40
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    40Keep his statutes and commandments that I am setting forth today so that it may go well with you and your descendants and that you may enjoy longevity in the land that the LORD your God is about to give you as a permanent possession.”

  • Deut 11:2
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    2Bear in mind today that I am not speaking to your children who have not personally experienced the judgments of the LORD your God, which revealed his greatness, strength, and power.

  • Josh 4:15
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    15The LORD told Joshua,

  • Exod 28:11
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    11You are to engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel with the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a seal; you are to have them set in gold filigree settings.