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the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

约书亚记 4:21

約書亞對以色列人說:“如果日後你們的子孫問他們的父親說:‘這些石頭是甚麼意思?’

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gilgal;   Instruction;   Stones;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jordan, the River;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Family;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Pilgrimage;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jericho;   Joshua;   Quarry;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jordan ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joshua, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
对 以 色 列 人 说 : 日 後 你 们 的 子 孙 问 他 们 的 父 亲 说 : 这 些 石 头 是 甚 麽 意 思 ?

Contextual Overview

20 They carried with them the twelve rocks taken from the Jordan, and Joshua set them up at Gilgal. 21 Then he spoke to the Israelites: "In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these rocks mean?' 22 Tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry land. 23 The Lord your God caused the water to stop flowing until you finished crossing it, just as the Lord did to the Red Sea. He stopped the water until we crossed it. 24 The Lord did this so all people would know he has great power and so you would always respect the Lord your God.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

When your: Joshua 4:6, Psalms 105:2-5, Psalms 145:4-7

in time to come: Heb. to-morrow

Reciprocal: Exodus 12:26 - your children Exodus 13:14 - thy son Deuteronomy 4:9 - teach them Deuteronomy 6:20 - when thy son Psalms 78:4 - showing Psalms 111:4 - He hath Isaiah 19:20 - for a Isaiah 38:19 - the father Ezekiel 17:12 - Know Joel 1:3 - General Ephesians 6:4 - but

Cross-References

Genesis 4:11
And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground, the same ground where your brother's blood fell and where your hands killed him.
Genesis 4:12
You will work the ground, but it will not grow good crops for you anymore, and you will wander around on the earth."
Genesis 31:27
Why did you run away secretly and trick me? Why didn't you tell me? Then I could have sent you away with joy and singing and with the music of tambourines and harps.
Job 21:12
They sing to the music of tambourines and harps, and the sound of the flute makes them happy.
Isaiah 5:12
At their parties they have lyres, harps, tambourines, flutes, and wine. They don't see what the Lord has done or notice the work of his hands.
Amos 6:5
You make up songs on your harps, and, like David, you compose songs on musical instruments.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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? :-.


 
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