Joshua 22:29

Amplified Bible

Far be it from us that we should rebel against the Lord and turn away from following the Lord this day, by building an altar for burnt offering, for grain offering or for sacrifice, besides the altar of the Lord our God which is before His tabernacle [in Shiloh].”

Cross References

Genesis 44:17

But Joseph said, “Far be it from me that I should do that; but the man in whose hand the cup has been found, he will be my servant; and as for [the rest of] you, get up and go in peace to your father.”

Genesis 44:7

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

1 Kings 21:3

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

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, and has said to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship [only] before this altar in Jerusalem’?

2 Chronicles 32:12

Has the same Hezekiah not taken away his [Baal’s] high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, “You shall worship before [only] one altar and burn incense on it”?

Romans 3:6

Certainly not! For otherwise, how will God judge the world?

Romans 6:2

Certainly not! How can we, the very ones who died to sin, continue to live in it any longer?

Romans 9:14

What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Certainly not!

Deuteronomy 12:11

then it shall come about that the place which the Lord your God will choose for His Name [and Presence] to dwell; there you shall bring everything that I am commanding you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes and the [voluntary] contribution of your hand [as a first gift from the fruits of the ground], and all your choice votive offerings which you vow to the Lord.

Joshua 22:23

If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn away from following the Lord, or if [we did so] to offer a burnt offering or grain offering on it, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings on it, may the Lord Himself require it [of us and hold us responsible].

Joshua 22:26

“So we said, ‘Let us prepare and build an altar, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice,

Joshua 22:28

So we said, ‘If your descendants should say this to us or to our descendants in time to come, then we can reply, “See the copy of the altar of the Lord which our fathers made, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice, but rather it is a witness between us and you.” ’

Joshua 22:30

So when Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the congregation and heads of the families of Israel who were with him, heard the words which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them.

Joshua 24:16

The people answered, “Far be it from us to abandon (reject) the Lord to serve other gods;

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.