Catholic Public Domain Version
"And he said to the sons of Israel: “When your sons will question their fathers, tomorrow, and they will say to them, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ "
— Joshua 4:21, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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?”
“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? ”
“He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What do these stones mean?'”
“He told the Israelites,“When your children someday ask their fathers,‘What do these stones represent?’”
“And said to the children of Israel: When your children shall ask their fathers tomorrow, and shall say to them: What mean these stones?”
“And he said to the children of Israel, When your children say to their fathers in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?”
“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?”
And when those who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord had ascended, and they began to step on dry soil, the waters returned to their channel, and they flowed as they usually did before.
Now the people ascended from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they encamped at Gilgal, opposite the eastern portion of the city of Jericho.
Likewise, the twelve stones that they had taken up from the channel of the Jordan, Joshua stationed at Gilgal.
And he said to the sons of Israel: “When your sons will question their fathers, tomorrow, and they will say to them, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
you shall teach them, and you shall say: ‘Israel passed over this Jordan, through the dry channel.’
For the Lord your God dried up its waters in your sight, until you crossed over,
just as he had done before, at the Red Sea, which he dried up until we crossed over.