Joshua 4:6 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

This will be a sign among you, so that when your children ask their fathers in the future, 'What do these stones mean?'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God is telling the Israelites to create a memorial so future generations will ask questions and learn about what God did for them.

📚 Historical Context

This verse comes from when the Israelites had just crossed the Jordan River on dry ground to enter the Promised Land. God commanded them to take twelve stones from the riverbed and set them up as a memorial at Gilgal. This miracle paralleled their earlier crossing of the Red Sea forty years before.

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