Joshua 4:22

4:22 explain ¹  to your children, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan River ²  on dry ground.’

Joshua 4:6

4:6 The stones ³  will be a reminder to you. ⁴  When your children ask someday, ‘Why are these stones important to you?’

Joshua 4:21

4:21 He told the Israelites, “When your children someday ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones represent?’ ⁵ 

Joshua 22:24-25

22:24 We swear we have done this because we were worried that ⁶  in the future your descendants would say to our descendants, ‘What relationship do you have with the Lord God of Israel? ⁷  22:25 The Lord made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the Lord.’ ⁸  In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying ⁹  the Lord.

Joshua 22:27

22:27 but as a reminder to us and you, ¹⁰  and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the Lord in his very presence ¹¹  with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. ¹²  Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no right to worship the Lord.’ ¹³ 

[4:22]  ¹ tn Heb “make known.”

[4:22]  ² tn Heb “crossed this Jordan”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.

[4:6]  ³ tn Heb “that this may be”; the referent of “this” (the twelve stones) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “in order that this might be a sign among you.”

[4:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “What are these stones?”

[22:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “Surely, from worry concerning a matter we have done this, saying.”

[22:24]  ⁸ 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!”

[22:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

[22:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “fearing.”

[22:27]  ¹¹ tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”

[22:27]  ¹² tn Heb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”

[22:27]  ¹³ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:27]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”