6. So that the dor acharon might know them, even the banim which should be born; who should arise and recount them to their banim;
7. That they might put their confidence in Elohim, and not forget the ma'allei El (works of G-d), but keep His mitzvot;
8. And might not be as their Avot, a dor sorer u'moreh (stubborn and rebellious generation); a generation that set not its lev aright, and whose ruach was not faithful to G-d.
9. The Bnei Ephrayim, being armed, and shooting keshet (the bows), turned back in the day of battle.