Joshua 4:6
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6 that this may be a sign among you. (A)When your children ask in time to come, ‘What do those stones mean to you?’
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Exodus 13:14
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14 (A)And when in time to come your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall say to him, (B)‘By a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of (C)slavery.
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Joshua 4:21
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21 And he said to the people of Israel, (A)“When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’
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Psalm 44:1
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To the choirmaster. (A)A Maskil[a] of the Sons of Korah.
44 O God, we have heard with our ears,
(B)our fathers have told us,
what deeds you performed in their days,
(C)in the days of old:
Footnotes
- Psalm 44:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Joshua 22:27
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27 but to be (A)a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we (B)do perform the service of the Lord in his presence with our burnt offerings and sacrifices and peace offerings, so your children will not say to our children in time to come, “You have no portion in the Lord.”’
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Deuteronomy 11:19
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19 You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
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Isaiah 55:13
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13 (A)Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the Lord,
an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”
Isaiah 38:19
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19 The living, the living, he thanks you,
as I do this day;
(A)the father makes known to the children
your faithfulness.
Psalm 78:3-8
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3 things that we have heard and known,
that our (A)fathers have told us.
4 We will not (B)hide them from their children,
but (C)tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
and (D)the wonders that he has done.
5 He established (E)a testimony in (F)Jacob
and appointed a law in (G)Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
to teach to their children,
6 that (H)the next generation might know them,
the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
7 so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget (I)the works of God,
but (J)keep his commandments;
8 and that they should not be (K)like their fathers,
(L)a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation (M)whose heart was not steadfast,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.
Psalm 71:18
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18 So even to (A)old age and gray hairs,
O God, (B)do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
your power to all those to come.
Deuteronomy 6:20-21
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20 (A)“When your son asks you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the Lord our God has commanded you?’ 21 then you shall say to your son, (B)‘We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt. And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
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Exodus 12:26-27
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26 And (A)when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 you shall say, (B)‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’” And the people (C)bowed their heads and worshiped.
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Acts 2:39
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39 For (A)the promise is for you and (B)for your children and for all (C)who are far off, everyone (D)whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”
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Ezekiel 20:20
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20 and (A)keep my Sabbaths holy that (B)they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’
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Ezekiel 20:12
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12 Moreover, I gave them (A)my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, (B)that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
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Numbers 16:38
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38 As for the censers of (A)these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they offered them before the Lord, and they became holy. (B)Thus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel.”
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Exodus 31:13
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13 “You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, ‘Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.
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Exodus 13:9
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9 And it shall (A)be to you as a sign on your hand and as (B)a memorial (C)between your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt.
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Exodus 12:14
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14 “This day shall be (A)for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a (B)statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast.
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