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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said to the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) to_say that ask children_your_all’s tomorrow DOM fathers_their to_say what the_stones the_these.
OET (OET-RV) Then Yehoshua told the Israelis, “In the future when your descendants ask why these boulders are here,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
אֲשֶׁר֩ יִשְׁאָל֨וּן בְּנֵיכֶ֤ם מָחָר֙ אֶת־אֲבוֹתָ֣ם לֵאמֹ֔ר מָ֖ה הָאֲבָנִ֥ים הָאֵֽלֶּה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to/towards sons_of Yisrael to=say which/who ask, children,your_all's in_the_future DOM fathers,their to=say what the,stones the=these )
If your language would not use a direct quotation inside of a direct quotation, you could translate the second direct quotation as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: “When your sons ask their fathers tomorrow what these stones are”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
בְּנֵיכֶ֤ם
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to/towards sons_of Yisrael to=say which/who ask, children,your_all's in_the_future DOM fathers,their to=say what the,stones the=these )
Although the term sons is masculine, Joshua is using the word here in a generic sense that includes both male and female descendants. Alternate translation: “your children”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
מָחָר֙
in_the_future
See how you translated the same expression in 4:6. Alternate translation: “in the future”
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said to the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) to_say that ask children_your_all’s tomorrow DOM fathers_their to_say what the_stones the_these.
OET (OET-RV) Then Yehoshua told the Israelis, “In the future when your descendants ask why these boulders are here,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.