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Judges 6:13
“ Sir,” Gideon replied,“ if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn’t they say,‘ The Lord brought us up out of Egypt’? But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.”
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Exodus 13:14-15
“ And in the future, your children will ask you,‘ What does all this mean?’ Then you will tell them,‘ With the power of his mighty hand, the Lord brought us out of Egypt, the place of our slavery.Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, so the Lord killed all the firstborn males throughout the land of Egypt, both people and animals. That is why I now sacrifice all the firstborn males to the Lord— except that the firstborn sons are always bought back.’
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Psalms 42:1
As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God.
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Psalms 78:3-6
stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down to us.We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders.For he issued his laws to Jacob; he gave his instructions to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children,so the next generation might know them— even the children not yet born— and they in turn will teach their own children.
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Job 15:17-19
“ If you will listen, I will show you. I will answer you from my own experience.And it is confirmed by the reports of wise men who have heard the same thing from their fathers—from those to whom the land was given long before any foreigners arrived.
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Job 8:8-9
“ Just ask the previous generation. Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.For we were born but yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.
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Psalms 77:5
I think of the good old days, long since ended,
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Joel 1:3
Tell your children about it in the years to come, and let your children tell their children. Pass the story down from generation to generation.
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Psalms 105:1-2
Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done.Sing to him; yes, sing his praises. Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds.
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Exodus 12:24-27
“ Remember, these instructions are a permanent law that you and your descendants must observe forever.When you enter the land the Lord has promised to give you, you will continue to observe this ceremony.Then your children will ask,‘ What does this ceremony mean?’And you will reply,‘ It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. And though he struck the Egyptians, he spared our families.’” When Moses had finished speaking, all the people bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
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Psalms 22:31
His righteous acts will be told to those not yet born. They will hear about everything he has done.
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Isaiah 38:19
Only the living can praise you as I do today. Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next.
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Numbers 21:14-16
For this reason The Book of the Wars of the Lord speaks of“ the town of Waheb in the area of Suphah, and the ravines of the Arnon River,and the ravines that extend as far as the settlement of Ar on the border of Moab.”From there the Israelites traveled to Beer, which is the well where the Lord said to Moses,“ Assemble the people, and I will give them water.”
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Numbers 21:27-30
Therefore, the ancient poets wrote this about him:“ Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt! Let the city of Sihon be restored.A fire flamed forth from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It burned the city of Ar in Moab; it destroyed the rulers of the Arnon heights.What sorrow awaits you, O people of Moab! You are finished, O worshipers of Chemosh! Chemosh has left his sons as refugees, his daughters as captives of Sihon, the Amorite king.We have utterly destroyed them, from Heshbon to Dibon. We have completely wiped them out as far away as Nophah and Medeba.”
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Psalms 71:18
Now that I am old and gray, do not abandon me, O God. Let me proclaim your power to this new generation, your mighty miracles to all who come after me.
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Deuteronomy 6:20
“ In the future your children will ask you,‘ What is the meaning of these laws, decrees, and regulations that the Lord our God has commanded us to obey?’