Joshua 4:21 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 4:21

Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’

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ASV

And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

KJV

And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֛אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לֵאמֹ֑ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
אֲשֶׁר֩	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
יִשְׁאָל֨וּן	yish.'a.Lun	they will ask !	H7592 →
בְּנֵיכֶ֤ם	be.nei.Khem	children your	H1121 →
מָחָר֙	ma.Char	tomorrow	H4279 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֲבוֹתָ֣ם	'a.vo.Tam	fathers their	H1 →
לֵאמֹ֔ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
מָ֖ה	mah	what?	H4100 →
הָאֲבָנִ֥ים	ha.'a.va.Nim	[are] the stones	H68 →
הָאֵֽלֶּה׃	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Joshua 4:6
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
leads to
- Exodus 13:14
  In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Psalms 44:1
  We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
- Deuteronomy 6:20–21
  In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”
- Deuteronomy 11:19
  Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
- Joshua 22:27
  Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in…