Joshua 4:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And he speaketh unto the sons of Israel, saying, `When your sons ask their fathers hereafter, saying, What `are' these stones?

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 4:6 : 6 so that this is a sign in your midst, when your children ask hereafter, saying, What `are' these stones to you?
  • Ps 105:2-5 : 2 Sing ye to Him -- sing praise to Him, Meditate ye on all His wonders. 3 Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking Jehovah rejoiceth. 4 Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek ye His face continually. 5 Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.
  • Ps 145:4-7 : 4 Generation to generation praiseth Thy works, And Thy mighty acts they declare. 5 The honour -- the glory of Thy majesty, And the matters of Thy wonders I declare. 6 And the strength of Thy fearful acts they tell, And Thy greatness I recount. 7 The memorial of the abundance of Thy goodness they send forth. And Thy righteousness they sing.

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  • Josh 4:1-9
    9 verses
    93%

    1And it cometh to pass, when all the nation hath completed to pass over the Jordan, that Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,

    2`Take for you out of the people twelve men, one man -- one man out of a tribe;

    3and command ye them, saying, Take up for you from this `place', from the midst of the Jordan, from the established standing-place of the feet of the priests, twelve stones, and ye have removed them over with you, and placed them in the lodging-place in which ye lodge to-night.'

    4And Joshua calleth unto the twelve men whom he prepared out of the sons of Israel, one man -- one man out of a tribe;

    5and Joshua saith to them, `Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God unto the midst of the Jordan and lift up for you each, one stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel,

    6so that this is a sign in your midst, when your children ask hereafter, saying, What `are' these stones to you?

    7that ye have said to them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off, at the presence of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; in its passing over into the Jordan were the waters of the Jordan cut off; and these stones have been for a memorial to the sons of Israel -- to the age.'

    8And the sons of Israel do so as Joshua commanded, and take up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Jehovah hath spoken unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, and remove them over with them unto the lodging-place, and place them there,

    9even the twelve stones hath Joshua raised up out of the midst of the Jordan, the place of the standing of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant, and they are there unto this day.

  • Josh 4:22
    82%

    22then ye have caused your sons to know, saying, On dry land Israel passed over this Jordan;

  • Josh 4:20
    82%

    20and these twelve stones, which they have taken out of the Jordan, hath Joshua raised up in Gilgal.

  • Josh 24:26-27
    2 verses
    76%

    26And Joshua writeth these words in the Book of the Law of God, and taketh a great stone, and raiseth it up there under the oak which `is' in the sanctuary of Jehovah.

    27And Joshua saith unto all the people, `Lo, this stone is against us for a witness, for it hath heard all the sayings of Jehovah which He hath spoken with us, and it hath been against you for a witness, lest ye lie against your God.'

  • Deut 6:20-21
    2 verses
    76%

    20`When thy son asketh thee hereafter, saying, What `are' the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?

    21then thou hast said to thy son, Servants we have been to Pharaoh in Egypt, and Jehovah bringeth us out of Egypt by a high hand;

  • Deut 27:2
    74%

    2and it hath been, in the day that ye pass over the Jordan unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, that thou hast raised up for thee great stones, and plaistered them with plaister,

  • Deut 27:4
    74%

    4`And it hath been, in your passing over the Jordan, ye raise up these stones which I am commanding you to-day, in mount Ebal, and thou hast plaistered them with plaister,

  • Exod 12:26
    73%

    26and it hath come to pass when your sons say unto you, What `is' this service ye have?

  • Josh 3:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8and thou, thou dost command the priests bearing the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye come unto the extremity of the waters of the Jordan -- in the Jordan ye stand.'

    9And Joshua saith unto the sons of Israel, `Come nigh hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God;

  • Josh 4:15
    72%

    15And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,

  • Josh 20:1
    71%

    1And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,

  • Exod 13:14
    71%

    14`And it hath been, when thy son asketh thee hereafter, saying, What `is' this? that thou hast said unto him, By strength of hand hath Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from a house of servants;

  • Josh 22:24
    71%

    24`And if not, from fear of `this' thing we have done it, saying, Hereafter your sons do speak to ours sons, saying, What to you and to Jehovah God of Israel?

  • Deut 11:19
    71%

    19and ye have taught them to your sons, by speaking of them in thy sitting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

  • Deut 31:13
    71%

    13and their sons, who have not known, do hear, and have learned to fear Jehovah your God all the days which ye are living on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.'

  • Josh 22:27-28
    2 verses
    70%

    27but a witness it `is' between us and you, and between our generations after us, to do the service of Jehovah before Him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings, and your sons do not say hereafter to our sons, Ye have no portion in Jehovah.

    28`And we say, And it hath been, when they say `so' unto us, and unto our generations hereafter, that we have said, See the pattern of the altar of Jehovah, which our fathers made -- not for burnt-offering nor for sacrifice -- but a witness it `is' between us and you.

  • Ps 78:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.

    6So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,

  • Josh 1:12
    70%

    12And to the Reubenite, and to the Gadite, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh, hath Joshua spoken, saying,

  • Num 33:51
    70%

    51`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye are passing over the Jordan unto the land of Canaan,

  • Josh 8:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    31as Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses -- an altar of whole stones, over which he hath not waved iron -- and they cause to go up upon it burnt-offerings to Jehovah, and sacrifice peace-offerings;

    32and he writeth there on the stones the copy of the law of Moses, which he hath written in the presence of the sons of Israel.

  • Deut 4:10
    70%

    10`The day when thou hast stood before Jehovah thy God in Horeb -- in Jehovah's saying unto me, Assemble to Me the people, and I cause them to hear My words, so that they learn to fear Me all the days that they are alive on the ground, and their sons they teach; --

  • Exod 39:7
    69%

    7and he setteth them on the shoulders of the ephod -- stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

  • Deut 32:46
    69%

    46and saith unto them, `Set your heart to all the words which I am testifying against you to-day, that ye command your sons to observe to do all the words of this law,

  • Josh 22:1
    69%

    1Then Joshua calleth for the Reubenite, and for the Gadite, and for the half of the tribe of Manasseh,

  • Joel 1:3
    69%

    3Concerning it to your sons talk ye, And your sons to their sons, And their sons to another generation.

  • Josh 1:10
    69%

    10And Joshua commandeth the authorities of the people, saying,

  • Josh 23:2
    69%

    2and Joshua calleth for all Israel, for its elders, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and saith unto them, `I have become old; I have entered into days;

  • Josh 4:18
    68%

    18And it cometh to pass, in the coming up of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the midst of the Jordan -- the soles of the feet of the priests have been drawn up into the dry ground -- and the waters of the Jordan turn back to their place, and go as heretofore over all its banks.

  • Deut 4:44
    68%

    44And this `is' the law which Moses hath set before the sons of Israel;

  • Deut 3:21
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    21`And Jehoshua I have commanded at that time, saying, Thine eyes are seeing all that which Jehovah your God hath done to these two kings -- so doth Jehovah to all the kingdoms whither thou are passing over;

  • Josh 7:25
    68%

    25And Joshua saith, `What! thou hast troubled us! -- Jehovah doth trouble thee this day;' and all Israel cast stones at him, and they burn them with fire, and they stone them with stones,

  • Josh 8:35
    68%

    35there hath not been a thing of all that Moses commanded which Joshua hath not proclaimed before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the infants, and the sojourner who is going in their midst.