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When your children say to you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’

New American Standard Bible

And when your children say to you, ‘What does this rite mean to you?’

King James Version

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

Holman Bible

When your children ask you, ‘What does this ritual mean to you?’

International Standard Version

And when your children say to you, "What does this ritual mean?'

A Conservative Version

And it shall come to pass, when your sons shall say to you, What do ye mean by this service?

American Standard Version

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

Bible in Basic English

And when your children say to you, What is the reason of this act of worship?

Darby Translation

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, What mean ye by this service?

Julia Smith Translation

And it shall be when your sons shall say to you, What this service to you?

King James 2000

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean you by this service?

Lexham Expanded Bible

{And} when your children say to you, 'What [is] this {religious custom} for you?'

Modern King James verseion

And it will be, when your sons shall say to you, What is this service to you?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And when your children ask you, 'What manner of service is this ye do?'

NET Bible

When your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?' --

New Heart English Bible

It will happen, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?'

The Emphasized Bible

and it shall come to pass that your sons shall say unto you, - What is this your service?

Webster

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

World English Bible

It will happen, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?'

Youngs Literal Translation

and it hath come to pass when your sons say unto you, What is this service ye have?

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Instructions For The Passover

25 When you enter the land which the Lord will give you, as He has promised, you shall keep and observe this service. 26 When your children say to you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’ 27 you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s Passover, for He passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians, but spared our houses.’” And the people bowed [their heads] low and worshiped [God].


Cross References

Exodus 13:14-15

And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall say to him, ‘With a strong and powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of bondage and slavery.

Deuteronomy 32:7


“Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of many generations.
Ask your father, and he will inform you,
Your elders, and they will tell you.

Joshua 4:6-7

so that this may be a sign among you; when your children ask later, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

Joshua 4:21-24

He said to the sons of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’

Psalm 78:3-6


Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.

Psalm 145:4


One generation shall praise Your works to another,
And shall declare Your mighty and remarkable acts.

Isaiah 38:19


“It is the living who give praise and thanks to You, as I do today;
A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.

Ephesians 6:4

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger [do not exasperate them to the point of resentment with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by showing favoritism or indifference to any of them], but bring them up [tenderly, with lovingkindness] in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Exodus 10:2

and that you may recount and explain in the hearing of your son, and your grandson, what I have done [repeatedly] to make a mockery of the Egyptians—My signs [of divine power] which I have done among them—so that you may know [without any doubt] and recognize [clearly] that I am the Lord.”

Exodus 13:8-9

You shall explain this to your son on that day, saying, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

Exodus 13:22

He did not withdraw the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from going before the people.

Deuteronomy 6:7

You shall teach them diligently to your children [impressing God’s precepts on their minds and penetrating their hearts with His truths] and shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road and when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 11:19

You shall teach them [diligently] to your children [impressing God’s precepts on their minds and penetrating their hearts with His truths], speaking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up.

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