Joshua 4:22

Let your children know. God ordained that the great “wonders” (Joshua 3:5) Israel had witnessed this day should not soon be forgotten. It was His purpose that they should keep His “wonderful works” (Psalm 111:4) ever vivid in their memory, as a means of binding them in loyalty to Him. It was 40 years before in that very month that they had crossed the Red Sea. This was springtime (see on Joshua 3:15), and even though the stream was strong and deep, God rolled back the waters and they crossed over safely. The queries of the children (Joshua 4:21) would provide the parents with an opportunity to recount the story of God’s patient dealings with Israel in the wilderness. Joshua’s admonition to the fathers and mothers of his day provides a pattern parents of today would do well to emulate (Life Sketches 196).