You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

And it shall be, when your children say to you, What do you mean by this service?

And it shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you shall say to him, By strength of hand Jehovah brought us out of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

that this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying, What are these stones to you?

Then you shall answer them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; when it crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. And these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel for all time.

And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: When your sons ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What are these stones?

for Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over,

Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.