Exodus 12:26

12:26 When your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ ¹  –

Genesis 30:33

30:33 My integrity will testify for me ²  later on. ³  When you come to verify that I’ve taken only the wages we agreed on, ⁴  if I have in my possession any goat that is not speckled or spotted or any sheep that is not dark-colored, it will be considered stolen.” ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 6:20

Exhortation to Remember the Past

6:20 When your children ⁶  ask you later on, “What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord our God commanded you?”

Joshua 4:6

4:6 The stones ⁷  will be a reminder to you. ⁸  When your children ask someday, ‘Why are these stones important to you?’

Joshua 22:24

22:24 We swear we have done this because we were worried that ⁹  in the future your descendants would say to our descendants, ‘What relationship do you have with the Lord God of Israel? ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “what is this service to you?”

² tn Heb “will answer on my behalf.”

³ tn Heb “on the following day,” or “tomorrow.”

⁴ tn Heb “when you come concerning my wage before you.”

⁵ tn Heb “every one which is not speckled and spotted among the lambs and dark among the goats, stolen it is with me.”

⁶ tn Heb “your son.”

⁷ tn Heb “that this may be”; the referent of “this” (the twelve stones) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “in order that this might be a sign among you.”

⁹ tn Heb “Surely, from worry concerning a matter we have done this, saying.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “What is there to you and to the Lord God of Israel?” The rhetorical question is sarcastic in tone and anticipates a response, “Absolutely none!”