We will use these stones to build a memorial. In the future your children will ask you,‘ What do these stones mean?’

这些石头在你们中间可以作为证据。日后，你们的子孙问你们说：‘这些石头是什么意思？’

这些石头在你们中间将成为记号。日后，你们的子孙问你们说：‘这些石头对你们有什么意思呢？’

这些石头在你们中间将成为记号。日后，你们的子孙问你们说：‘这些石头对你们有什么意思呢？’

这些石头要在你们中间作记号。以后，倘若你们的子孙问你们，‘这些石头是什么意思？’

这可以在你们中间作记号；如果日后你们的子孙问你们，说：‘这些石头对你们有什么意思？’

這些石頭在你們中間可以作為證據。日後，你們的子孫問你們說：『這些石頭是甚麼意思？』

這些石頭在你們中間將成為記號。日後，你們的子孫問你們說：『這些石頭對你們有甚麼意思呢？』

這些石頭在你們中間將成為記號。日後，你們的子孫問你們說：『這些石頭對你們有甚麼意思呢？』

這些石頭要在你們中間作記號。以後，倘若你們的子孫問你們，『這些石頭是什麼意思？』

這可以在你們中間作記號；如果日後你們的子孫問你們，說：‘這些石頭對你們有甚麼意思？’

這石頭好在你們中間做記號；日後你們的子孫若問說：「這些石頭對於你們有甚麼意思？」

以為證於爾中、異日爾子孫問爾曰、此石何意、

此可為徵於爾中、越至後日、倘爾子孫詰爾曰、斯石何意、

此石可於爾中為證、日後倘爾子孫問爾曰、此石何意、

to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you,‘ What do these stones mean?’

The stones will serve as a reminder to you. In days to come, your children will ask you,‘ What do these stones mean?’

that this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in time to come,‘ What do those stones mean to you?’

so that this will be a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you,‘ What do these stones mean to you?’

This shall be a sign among you; when your children ask later, saying,‘ What do these stones mean to you?’

that this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying,‘ What do these stones mean to you?’

that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

so that this will be a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you,‘ What do these stones mean to you?’

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?

The stones will be a reminder to you. When your children ask someday,‘ Why are these stones important to you?’

that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in the future, saying,‘ What do you mean by these stones?’

“ And in the future, your children will ask you,‘ What does all this mean?’ Then you will tell them,‘ With the power of his mighty hand, the Lord brought us out of Egypt, the place of our slavery.

Then Joshua said to the Israelites,“ In the future your children will ask,‘ What do these stones mean?’

And I gave them my Sabbath days of rest as a sign between them and me. It was to remind them that I am the Lord, who had set them apart to be holy.

stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down to us.We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders.For he issued his laws to Jacob; he gave his instructions to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children,so the next generation might know them— even the children not yet born— and they in turn will teach their own children.So each generation should set its hope anew on God, not forgetting his glorious miracles and obeying his commands.Then they will not be like their ancestors— stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful, refusing to give their hearts to God.

“ Tell the people of Israel:‘ Be careful to keep my Sabbath day, for the Sabbath is a sign of the covenant between me and you from generation to generation. It is given so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy.

“ This is a day to remember. Each year, from generation to generation, you must celebrate it as a special festival to the Lord. This is a law for all time.

Now that I am old and gray, do not abandon me, O God. Let me proclaim your power to this new generation, your mighty miracles to all who come after me.

Then your children will ask,‘ What does this ceremony mean?’And you will reply,‘ It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. And though he struck the Egyptians, he spared our families.’” When Moses had finished speaking, all the people bowed down to the ground and worshiped.

Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.

This annual festival will be a visible sign to you, like a mark branded on your hand or your forehead. Let it remind you always to recite this teaching of the Lord:‘ With a strong hand, the Lord rescued you from Egypt.’

“ In the future your children will ask you,‘ What is the meaning of these laws, decrees, and regulations that the Lord our God has commanded us to obey?’“ Then you must tell them,‘ We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with his strong hand.

O God, we have heard it with our own ears— our ancestors have told us of all you did in their day, in days long ago:

but as a memorial. It will remind our descendants and your descendants that we, too, have the right to worship the Lord at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings. Then your descendants will not be able to say to ours,‘ You have no claim to the Lord.’

Take the incense burners of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and hammer the metal into a thin sheet to overlay the altar. Since these burners were used in the Lord’s presence, they have become holy. Let them serve as a warning to the people of Israel.”

Only the living can praise you as I do today. Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next.

Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow. Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up. These events will bring great honor to the Lord’s name; they will be an everlasting sign of his power and love.”

and keep my Sabbath days holy, for they are a sign to remind you that I am the Lord your God.’

This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away— all who have been called by the Lord our God.”