Deuteronomy 6:20

The next generation

20 In the future, your children will ask you, "What is the meaning of the laws, the regulations, and the case laws that the LORD our God commanded 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?

---

FOOTNOTES:

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

Deuteronomy 6:20 In-Context

18 Do what is right and good in the LORD's sight so that things will go well for you and so you will enter and take possession of the wonderful land that the LORD swore to your ancestors,

19 and so the LORD will drive out all your enemies from before you, just as he promised.

20 In the future, your children will ask you, "What is the meaning of the laws, the regulations, and the case laws that the LORD our God commanded you?"

21 tell them: We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt. But the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

22 Before our own eyes, the LORD performed great and awesome deeds of power against Egypt, Pharaoh, and his entire dynasty.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or What are the laws…?