Joshua 4:6
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
That this may be a sign among you,.... A commemorative one:
that when your children ask their fathers in time to come; or "tomorrow" (g) and so in all time, or any time hereafter:
saying, what…
Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
This may be a sign - Stand as a continual memorial of this miraculous passage, and consequently a proof of their lasting obligation to God.
We may well imagine how busy Joshua and all the men of war were while they were passing over Jordan, when besides their own marching into an enemy's country, and in the face of the enemy, which could…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
when your children Comp. Exo 12:26; Exo 13:14; Deu 6:20.
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