Joshua 4:6 Cross References

Joshua 4:6

6: We will use these stones to build a memorial. In the future, your children will ask, `What do these stones mean to you?'

"And in the future, your children will ask you, `What does all this mean?' Then you will tell them, `With mighty power the LORD brought us out of Egypt from our slavery.

Then Joshua said to the Israelites, "In the future, your children will ask, `What do these stones mean?'

but as a memorial. It will remind our descendants and your descendants that we, too, have the right to worship the LORD at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings. Then your descendants will not be able to say to ours, `You have no claim to the LORD.'

Then your children will ask, `What does all this mean? What is this ceremony about?'
And you will reply, `It is the celebration of the LORD's Passover, for he passed over the homes of the Israelites in Egypt. And though he killed the Egyptians, he spared our families and did not destroy us.'" Then all the people bowed their heads and worshiped.

from the burners of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives. He must then hammer the metal of the incense burners into a sheet as a covering for the altar, for these burners have become holy because they were used in the LORD's presence. The altar covering will then serve as a warning to the people of Israel."

Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow. Where briers grew, myrtles will sprout up. This miracle will bring great honor to the LORD's name; it will be an everlasting sign of his power and love.

This promise is to you and to your children, and even to the Gentiles--all who have been called by the Lord our God."

Now that I am old and gray, do not abandon me, O God. Let me proclaim your power to this new generation, your mighty miracles to all who come after me.

"In the future your children will ask you, `What is the meaning of these stipulations, laws, and regulations that the LORD our God has given us?'
Then you must tell them, `We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with amazing power.

This annual festival will be a visible reminder to you, like a mark branded on your hands or your forehead. Let it remind you always to keep the LORD's instructions in your minds and on your lips. After all, it was the LORD who rescued you from Egypt with great power.

"Tell the people of Israel to keep my Sabbath day, for the Sabbath is a sign of the covenant between me and you forever. It helps you to remember that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.

"You must remember this day forever. Each year you will celebrate it as a special festival to the LORD.

O God, we have heard it with our own ears--our ancestors have told us of all you did in other days, in days long ago:

Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are away on a journey, when you are lying down and when you are getting up again.

stories we have heard and know, stories our ancestors handed down to us.
We will not hide these truths from our children but will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the LORD. We will tell of his power and the mighty miracles he did.
For he issued his decree to Jacob; he gave his law to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children,
so the next generation might know them--even the children not yet born--that they in turn might teach their children.
So each generation can set its hope anew on God, remembering his glorious miracles and obeying his commands.

and keep my Sabbath days holy, for they are a sign to remind you that I am the LORD your God.'

And I gave them my Sabbath days of rest as a sign between them and me. It was to remind them that I, the LORD, had set them apart to be holy, making them my special people.

Only the living can praise you as I do today. Each generation can make known your faithfulness to the next.

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