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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?

Joshua 4:21

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Matthew Henry

(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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