Joshua 22:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and we ask the LORD to punish us if we are lying. We didn't build it so we could turn our backs on the LORD. We didn't even build it so we could offer animal or grain sacrifices to please the LORD or ask his blessing.

Cross References

Genesis 9:4

But life is in the blood, and you must not eat any meat that still has blood in it.

Ezekiel 3:18

When I tell wicked people they will die because of their sins, you must warn them to turn from their sinful ways so they won't be punished. If you refuse, you are responsible for their death.

Ezekiel 33:6

But suppose the person watching fails to sound the warning signal. The enemy will attack and kill some of the sinful people in that country, and I, the LORD, will hold that person responsible for their death.

Ezekiel 33:8

When I tell wicked people they will die because of their sins, you must warn them to turn from their sinful ways. But if you refuse to warn them, you are responsible for their death.

Deuteronomy 18:19

Since the message comes from me, anyone who doesn't obey the message will have to answer to me.

Joshua 22:24

We built that altar because we were worried. Some day your descendants might tell our descendants, “The LORD made the River Jordan the boundary between us Israelites and you people of Reuben and Gad. The LORD is Israel's God, but you're not part of Israel, so you can't take part in worshipping the LORD.” Your descendants might say that and try to make our descendants stop worshipping and obeying the LORD.

1 Samuel 20:16

Jonathan and David made an agreement that even David's descendants would have to keep. Then Jonathan said, “I pray that the LORD will take revenge on your descendants if they break our promise.”