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.”

[55:13]  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).

[55:13]  ² tn Or, more literally, “a permanent sign that will not be cut off.”

[4:20]  ³ tn Heb “these,” referring specifically to the twelve stones mentioned in vv. 3-7.

[4:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “What are these stones?”

[22:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”

[22:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”

[22:27]  ⁷ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:27]  ⁸ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

[22:28]  ⁹ tn The words “such a thing” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[22:28]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “fathers.”

[22:28]  ¹¹ tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”

[22:34]  ¹² tn Heb “a witness between us.”

[24:27]  ¹³ tn Heb “all the words of the Lord which he spoke with us.”

[24:27]  ¹⁴ tn Or “lest,” “so that you might not.”