Joshua 22:29

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Far be it from us that we should rebel against the Lord and turn away this day from following the Lord to build an altar for burnt offerings, for cereal offerings, or for sacrifices, besides the altar of the Lord our God that is before His tabernacle.

Cross References

Joshua 24:16

The people answered, Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods;

Romans 9:14

What shall we conclude then? Is there injustice upon God's part? Certainly not!

Romans 6:2

Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?

Romans 3:6

By no means! Otherwise, how could God judge the world?

2 Chronicles 32:12

Has not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before one altar and burn incense upon it?

2 Kings 18:22

But if you tell me, We trust in and rely on the Lord our God, is it not He Whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

1 Kings 21:3

Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you.

1 Samuel 12:23

Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.

Joshua 22:26

So we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice,

Joshua 22:23

If we have built us an altar to turn away from following the Lord, or if we did so to offer on it burnt offerings or cereal offerings or peace offerings, may the Lord Himself take vengeance.

Genesis 44:17

But [Joseph] said, God forbid that I should do that; but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for [the rest of] you, arise and go in peace to your father.

Genesis 44:7

They said to him, Why does my lord say these things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

Joshua 22:28

So we thought, if that should be said to us or to our descendants in time to come, we can reply, Behold the copy of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices, but to be a witness between us and you.

Joshua 22:30

And when Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation and heads of the clans of Israel who were with him heard the words that the Reubenites, Gadites, and Manassites spoke, it pleased them.

Deuteronomy 12:11

Then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause His Name [and His Presence] to dwell there; to it you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes and what the hand presents [as a first gift from the fruits of the ground], and all your choicest offerings which you vow to the Lord.