Deuteronomy 6:20
And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?
Cross-reference
Deuteronomy 6:7 commands teaching these things to children, anticipating the child's question here.
Exodus 12:26 records a similar child's question about the Passover, paralleling the anticipated question here.
In Exodus 13:14, the same question about God's commands appears when a son asks about the Passover, providing a model for answering.
Joshua 4:6 echoes this: children ask about memorial stones, prompting parents to recount God's faithfulness.
In Joshua 4:7, the same pattern continues: the answer to the stones' question recounts the Jordan crossing.
Joshua 4:21-24 expands the stones question, showing how telling children leads to global witness of God's power.
Exodus 10:2 commands telling children about God's signs in Egypt, paralleling the call to explain His laws.
Joshua 22:24 describes children asking about an altar's meaning, mirroring the question about God's commands here.