And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
These stones were set up as a memorial, and children would naturally ask what they meant. Parents must teach the young to inquire into God's works and to pass down what they have learned, for it is every parent's duty to train children in the word and works of God from their earliest days.
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Commenting on Joshua 4:20-24
And he spoke unto the children of Israel, saying,.... At the same time he set up the stones: when you children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? See Gill on Jos 4:6.
On that day it became unmistakable to all Israel that Joshua was God's chosen leader, because even the priests obeyed only his command. His authority was now settled as firmly as Moses' had been.
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Commenting on Joshua 4:14-24