21And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
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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?
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. …
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-24)The twelve stones which were laid down in Gilgal (Josh. 4:8) are here set up either one upon another, yet so as that they might be distinctly counted, or one by another in rows; for after they were fixed they ar not call a heap of stones , but these stones . I. It is here taken for granted that posterity would enquire into the meaning of them, supposing them intended for a memorial: Your children…
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