Isaiah 55:13
55:13 Evergreens will grow in place of thorn bushes,
firs will grow in place of nettles;
they will be a monument to the Lord, 1
a permanent reminder that will remain. 2
Joshua 4:20-21
4:20 Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the
3 twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.
4:21 He told the Israelites, “When your children someday ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones represent?’
4
Joshua 22:27-28
22:27 but as a reminder to us and you,
5 and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the
Lord in his very presence
6 with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace.
7 Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no right to worship the
Lord.’
8
22:28 We said, ‘If in the future they say such a thing
9 to us or to our descendants, we will reply, “See the model of the
Lord’s altar that our ancestors
10 made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you.”’
11
Joshua 22:34
22:34 The Reubenites and Gadites named the altar, “Surely it is a Reminder to us
12 that the
Lord is God.”
Joshua 24:26-27
24:26 Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the
Lord’s shrine.
24:27 Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone will be a witness against you, for it has heard everything the
Lord said to us.
13 It will be a witness against you if
14 you deny your God.”
1 tn Heb “to the Lord for a name.” For שֵׁם (shem) used in the sense of “monument,” see also 56:5, where it stands parallel to יָד (yad).
2 tn Or, more literally, “a permanent sign that will not be cut off.”
3 tn Heb “these,” referring specifically to the twelve stones mentioned in vv. 3-7.
4 tn Heb “What are these stones?”
5 tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”
6 tn Heb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”
7 tn Or “peace offerings.”
8 tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”
9 tn The words “such a thing” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
10 tn Heb “fathers.”
11 tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”
12 tn Heb “a witness between us.”
13 tn Heb “all the words of the Lord which he spoke with us.”
14 tn Or “lest,” “so that you might not.”