Joshua 4:6
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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?to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
In other translations
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?to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
Hebrew words
לְמַעַןlema'anso thatH4616תִּהְיֶהtihyehit may beH1961זֹאתzotthisH2063אוֹת'ota signH226בְּקִרְבְּכֶםbekirbekhemin midst yourH7130כִּי־ki-ifH3588יִשְׁאָלוּןyish'alunthey will ask !H7592בְּנֵיכֶםbeneikhemchildren yourH1121מָחָרmachartomorrowH4279לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559מָהmahwhat?H4100הָאֲבָנִיםha'avanim[are] the stonesH68הָאֵלֶּהha'eleh<the> theseH428לָכֶם׃lakhemto <the> you
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