Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
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
Then ye shall let your children know,.... The meaning of the erection of these stones, acquaint them with the whole history, the meaning of which they are designed to perpetuate: saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land; and if they should ask how that could possibly be done, or if they did not, they were to inform them by what means it was brought about, as follows.
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