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Deuteronomy 6:20

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18 Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,

19 driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.

In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”

21 then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

22 Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.

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BSB
In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”
KJV
And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
WEB
When your son asks you in time to come, saying, “What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD our God has commanded you mean?”
ASV
When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?
DARBY
When thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying, What are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?
BLB
When your son asks you hereafter, saying, “What [are] the testimonies and the statutes and the ordinances that YHWH our God has commanded you⁺?”
ÅB
Når din sønn i fremtiden spør deg og sier: Hvordan er det med de vitnesbyrd og de forskrifter og de bud som Herren vår Gud har gitt dere?
OTB
I fremtiden, når din sønn spør deg: “Hva betyr forskriftene, lovene og budene som Herren vår Gud har befalt dere?”
B1930
Når din sønn i fremtiden spør dig og sier: Hvorledes er det med de vidnesbyrd og de forskrifter og de bud som Herren vår Gud har gitt eder?

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Cross references

  • Exodus 13:14

    In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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  • Exodus 12:26

    When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’

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  • Joshua 4:21–24

    Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’

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  • Joshua 4:6–7

    to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

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  • Deuteronomy 6:7

    And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

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