Quotes About Memory

And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.”

For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we passed through the nations on the way here.

Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.

And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”

So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.

Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.

You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.

I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.

The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.

and command them: ëTake up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.í”

to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ëWhat do these stones mean to you?í

Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.

Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ëWhat is the meaning of these stones?í

When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.

For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?

that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.

Then Ibzan died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.

then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your maidservant.”

Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:

I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.

During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the Kingís Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalomís Monument.