Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
Verse Takeaways
1
Teaching the Next Generation
Commentators emphasize that this verse establishes a core duty for parents: to intentionally teach their children about God's mighty works. The stones were a prompt for this instruction. This act of passing down faith and history is described by Matthew Henry as instilling 'serious godliness,' which he calls the 'best learning' a child can receive.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Joshua
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
3
19th Century
Anglican
(20—5:9) It would seem that these verses all belong to one section. The use of the first person in Joshua 5:1, until we were passed ov…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he spoke unto the children of Israel, saying At the same time he set up the stones:
when you …
Presbyterian
It is the duty of parents to tell their children early about the words and works of God, that they may be trained up in the way they should go. In …
