Joshua 22:29

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May this wickedness be far from us, such that we would withdraw from the Lord, and would forsake his paths, by constructing an altar to offer holocausts, and sacrifices, and victims, contrary to the altar of the Lord our God, which was built before his tabernacle."

Cross References

Genesis 44:17

Joseph responded: "Far be it from me that I should act in this way. He who stole the cup, he will be my servant. But you may go away free to your father."

Genesis 44:7

And they responded: "Why does our lord speak in this way, as though your servants had committed such a shameful act?

1 Kings 21:3

Naboth responded to him, "May the Lord be gracious to me, lest I give to you the inheritance of my fathers."

2 Kings 18:22

But if you say to me: 'We have faith in the Lord, our God.' Is it not he, whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away? And did he not instruct Judah and Jerusalem: 'You shall adore before this altar in Jerusalem?'

2 Chronicles 32:12

Is this not the same Hezekiah who destroyed his own high places and altars, and who instructed Judah and Jerusalem, saying: 'You shall worship before one altar, and you shall burn incense upon it?'

Romans 3:6

(I am speaking in human terms.) Let it not be so! Otherwise, how would God judge this world?

Romans 6:2

Let it not be so! For how can we who have died to sin still live in sin?

Romans 9:14

What should we say next? Is there unfairness with God? Let it not be so!

Deuteronomy 12:11

in the place which the Lord your God will choose, so that his name may be in it. To that place, you shall bring all the things that I instruct you: holocausts, and victims, and tithes, and the first-fruits of your hands, and whatever is best among the gifts that you shall vow to the Lord.

Joshua 22:23

And if we have acted with a mind so that we might present upon it holocausts, and sacrifice, and victims of peace offerings, let him inquire and judge.

Joshua 22:26

and we said: Let us build us an altar, not for holocausts, and not to offer victims,

Joshua 22:28

And if they decide to say this, they shall respond to them: 'Behold, the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for holocausts, and not for sacrifice, but instead as a testimony between us and you.'

Joshua 22:30

And when Phinehas, the priest, and the leaders of the delegation who were with him, had heard this, they were pleased. And they accepted very willingly the words of the sons of Reuben, and of Gad, and of the one half tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua 24:16

And the people responded, and they said: "Far be it from us that we would forsake the Lord, and serve foreign gods.

1 Samuel 12:23

So then, far be it from me, this sin against the Lord, that I would cease to pray for you. And so, I will teach you the good and upright way.