THEOSISDeuteronomy 6:20Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And when thy son shall ask thee to morrow, saying: What mean these testimonies, and ceremonies and judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded us?
כִּֽי־יִשְׁאָלְךָ֥ בִנְךָ֛ מָחָ֖ר לֵאמֹ֑ר מָ֣ה הָעֵדֹ֗ת וְהַֽחֻקִּים֙ וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֛ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ אֶתְכֶֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ex 13:14And when thy son shall ask thee to morrow, saying: What is this? thou shalt answer him: With a strong hand did the Lord bring us forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
- Ex 12:26And when your children shall say to you: What is the meaning of this service?
- Josh 4:21And said to the children of Israel: When your children shall ask their fathers tomorrow, and shall say to them: What mean these stones?
- Josh 4:24As he had done before in the Red Sea, which he dried up till we passed through:
- Josh 4:6That it may be a sign among you: and when your children shall ask you tomorrow, saying: What means these stones?
- Josh 4:7You shall answer them: The waters of the Jordan ran off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord when it passed over the same: therefore were these stones set for a monument of the children of Israel forever.
- Prov 22:6It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old, he will not depart from it.
- Deut 6:7And thou shalt tell them to thy children, and thou shalt meditate upon them sitting in thy house, and walking on thy journey, sleeping and rising.