Joshua 22:29

Christian Standard Bible

We would never ever rebel against the Lord or turn away from him today by building an altar for burnt offering, grain offering, or sacrifice, other than the altar of the Lord our God, which is in front of his tabernacle.”

Cross References

Joshua 24:16

The people replied, “We will certainly not abandon the Lord to worship other gods!

Romans 9:14

What should we say then?  Is there injustice with God?  Absolutely not!

Romans 6:2

Absolutely not!  How can we who died to sin  still live in it?

Romans 3:6

Absolutely not! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?

2 Chronicles 32:12

Didn’t Hezekiah himself remove his high places and his altars  and say to Judah and Jerusalem, “You must worship before one altar, and you must burn incense on it”?

2 Kings 18:22

Suppose you say to me, “We rely on the Lord our God.” Isn’t he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed,  saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, “You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem” ? ’

1 Kings 21:3

But Naboth said to Ahab, “As the Lord is my witness, I will never give my ancestors’ inheritance  to you.”

1 Samuel 12:23

“As for me, I vow that I will not sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you.  I will teach you the good and right way.

Joshua 22:26

“Therefore we said: Let’s take action and build an altar for ourselves, but not for burnt offering or sacrifice.

Joshua 22:23

that we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from him. May the Lord himself hold us accountable if we intended to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice fellowship offerings on it.

Genesis 44:17

Then Joseph said, “I swear that I will not do this. The man in whose possession the cup was found will be my slave. The rest of you can go in peace to your father.”

Genesis 44:7

They said to him, “Why does my lord say these things? Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.

Joshua 22:28

We thought that if they said this to us or to our generations in the future, we would reply: Look at the replica of the Lord’s altar that our ancestors made, not for burnt offering or sacrifice, but as a witness between us and you.

Joshua 22:30

When the priest Phinehas and the community leaders, the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him, heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were pleased.

Deuteronomy 12:11

then the Lord your God will choose the place to have his name dwell.  Bring there everything I command you: your burnt offerings, sacrifices, offerings of the tenth, personal contributions,  and all your choice offerings you vow to the Lord.