Joshua - 4:21

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21 He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What do these stones mean?'

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Explanation and meaning of Joshua 4:21.

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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?
And said to the children of Israel: When your children shall ask their fathers, to morrow, and shall say to them: What mean these stones?
And he speaketh unto the sons of Israel, saying, 'When your sons ask their fathers hereafter, saying, What are these stones?
And he said to the children of Israel, When your children say to their fathers in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?
And he said to the sons of Israel: "When your sons will question their fathers, tomorrow, and they will say to them, 'What do these stones mean to you?'
Et loquutus est ad filios Israel, dicendo: Quum interrogaverint cras filii vestri patres suos dicendo, Quid lapides isti?

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And he spoke unto the children of Israel, saying,.... At the same time he set up the stones:
when you children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying,
What mean these stones? See Gill on Joshua 4:6.

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