Joshua 22:24
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And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the Lord God of Israel?But in fact we have done this for fear that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ‘What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
In other translations
And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the Lord God of Israel?But in fact we have done this for fear that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ‘What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
Hebrew words
וְאִם־ve'im-and ifH518לֹאlo'notH3808מִדְּאָגָהmide'agahfrom anxietyH1674מִדָּבָרmidavarfrom a matterH1697עָשִׂינוּ'asinuwe have doneH6213אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853זֹאתzotthisH2063לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559מָחָרmachartomorrowH4279יֹאמְרוּyomeruthey will sayH559בְנֵיכֶםveneikhemdescendants yourH1121לְבָנֵינוּlevaneinuto descendants ourH1121לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559מַה־mah-what?H4100לָּכֶםlakhem[is] to youוְלַיהוָהvelayahwehand to YahwehH3068אֱלֹהֵי'elohei[the] God ofH430יִשְׂרָאֵל׃yisra'elIsraelH3478
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Related verses
- Joshua 4:6That 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?to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
- Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
- Genesis 30:33So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
- Deuteronomy 6:20And 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?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?”
- Exodus 13:14And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: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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