Deuteronomy 6:20

20 "When your child asks you in the future, {saying}, 'What [is the meaning of] the legal provisions and the rules and the regulations that Yahweh our God commanded for you?'

Deuteronomy 6:20 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 6:20

And when thy son asketh thee in time to come
Or "tomorrow" ^F24; that is, in later times, as Jarchi interprets it; any time after this, and particularly after they were come into the land of Canaan, when the several laws, statutes, and ordinances appointed, would take place and be obeyed:

what [mean] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which
the Lord our God hath commanded you?
what is the reason of the various rites, customs, and usages, the observance of which is directed to, such as the feasts of passover, pentecost, tabernacles, sacrifices, and other duties of religion?

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (rxm) "cras", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus.

Deuteronomy 6:20 In-Context

18 And you shall do [what is] right and good in the eyes of Yahweh, so that {it shall go well} for you and [so that] you may go and you may take possession of the good land that Yahweh swore for your ancestors,

19 by driving out all [of] your enemies {before you}, [just] as Yahweh {has promised}.

20 "When your child asks you in the future, {saying}, 'What [is the meaning of] the legal provisions and the rules and the regulations that Yahweh our God commanded for you?'

21 Then you shall say to your child, 'We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and Yahweh brought us out from Egypt with a strong hand.

22 And Yahweh gave great and awesome signs and wonders in Egypt against Pharaoh and against his entire household {in our presence}.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "son"
• [b]. Literally "to say"