Joshua 4:6
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6 so that this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in time to come, ‘What do those stones mean to you?’(A)
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Exodus 13:14
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14 When in the future your child asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall answer, ‘By strength of hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.(A)
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Joshua 4:21
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21 saying to the Israelites, “When your children ask their parents in time to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’(A)
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Psalm 44:1
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Psalm 44
National Lament and Prayer for Help
To the leader. Of the Korahites. A Maskil.
1 We have heard with our ears, O God;
our ancestors have told us
what deeds you performed in their days,
in the days of old:(A)
Joshua 22:27
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27 but to be a witness between us and you and between the generations after us, that we do perform the service of the Lord in his presence with our burnt offerings and sacrifices and offerings of well-being, so that your children may never say to our children in time to come, “You have no portion in the Lord.” ’(A)
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Deuteronomy 11:19
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19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise up.(A)
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Isaiah 55:13
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13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle,
and it shall be to the Lord for a memorial,
for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.(A)
Isaiah 38:19
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19 The living, the living, they thank you,
as I do this day;
fathers make known to children
your faithfulness.(A)
Psalm 78:3-8
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3 things that we have heard and known,
that our ancestors have told us.(A)
4 We will not hide them from their children;
we will tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord and his might
and the wonders that he has done.(B)
5 He established a decree in Jacob
and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
to teach to their children,(C)
6 that the next generation might know them,
the children yet unborn,
and rise up and tell them to their children,(D)
7 so that they should set their hope in God,
and not forget the works of God,
but keep his commandments;(E)
8 and that they should not be like their ancestors,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.(F)
Psalm 71:18
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18 So even to old age and gray hairs,
O God, do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might
to all the generations to come.[a]
Your power(A)
Footnotes
- 71.18 Gk Compare Syr: Heb to a generation, to all who come
Deuteronomy 6:20-21
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20 “When your children ask you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the decrees and the statutes and the ordinances that the Lord our God has commanded you?’(A) 21 then you shall say to your children, ‘We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but 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 when your children ask you, ‘What does this observance mean to you?’(A) 27 you shall say, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when he struck down the Egyptians but spared our houses.’ ” And the people bowed down and worshiped.(B)
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Acts 2:39
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39 For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.”(A)
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