Joshua 4:21

Twelve Memorial Stones from the Jordan

²¹ Then he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: _p "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What are these stones?'

Cross References
Joshua 4:6
"that this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying, 'What do these stones mean to you?'

Matthew Henry Concise

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Joshua 4:21

East, Children of the
The Arabs as a whole, known as the Nabateans or Kedarenes, nomad tribes (Judg 6:3, 33; 7:12; 8:10).
Beeroth of the children of Jaakan
(Deut 10:6). The same as Bene-jaakan (Num 33:31).

Strong's Concordance

Joshua 4:21

And he spakeH559 unto the childrenH1121 of Israel,H3478 sayingH559, When your childrenH1121 shall askH7592 their fathersH1 in time to come,H4279 sayingH559, What mean these stones?H68

Notes

Joshua 4:21

Then he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What are these stones?

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Where are the 12 stones now that were taken from the Jordan River as a memorial for generations to come?
Joshua 4:7 • 0 Votes

How could these stones be a monument of this work, when they were not seen, but generally covered with the waters of Jordan?
Joshua 4:9 • 0 Votes