Deuteronomy 6:20

20 In the future your children will ask you, "What do these regulations, laws, and rules which the LORD our God commanded you mean to 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 Do what the LORD considers right and good. Then things will go well for you, and you will enter and take possession of that good land which the LORD promised to your ancestors with an oath.

19 You will see the LORD expel your enemies as he said he would.

20 In the future your children will ask you, "What do these regulations, laws, and rules which the LORD our God commanded you mean to you?"

21 Tell them, "We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt, but the LORD used his mighty hand to bring us out of there.

22 Right before our eyes the LORD did miraculous signs and amazing things that were spectacular but terrible for Egypt, Pharaoh, and his whole family.