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Joshua 4:21

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19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

20 And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

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

22 you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’

23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.

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BSB
Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’
KJV
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?
WEB
He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean?’
ASV
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?
DARBY
And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What [mean] these stones?
BLB
And he spoke to the sons of Israel, saying, “When your⁺ sons ask their fathers hereafter, saying, ‘What [are] these stones?’
ÅB
Og han sa til Israels barn: Når deres barn i fremtiden spør sine fedre: Hva er dette for steiner?
OTB
Han talte til israelittene: "I fremtiden, når deres etterkommere spør sine fedre: 'Hva betyr disse steinene?'
B1930
Og han sa til Israels barn: Når eders barn i fremtiden spør sine fedre: Hvad er dette for stener?

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