Joshua 22:26

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

That's why we decided to build the altar. It isn't for offering sacrifices, not even sacrifices to please the LORD.

Cross References

Isaiah 19:19

In the heart of Egypt an altar will be set up for the LORD; at its border a shrine will be built to honour him.

Joshua 22:27

To build another altar for offering sacrifices would be the same as turning our backs on the LORD and rebelling against him. We could never do that! No, we built the altar to remind us and you and the generations to come that we will worship the LORD. And so we will keep bringing our sacrifices to the LORD's altar, there in front of his sacred tent. Now your descendants will never be able to say to our descendants, “You can't worship the LORD.” But if they do say this, our descendants can answer back, “Look at this altar our ancestors built! It's like the LORD's altar, but it isn't for offering sacrifices. It's here to remind us and you that we belong to the LORD, just as much as you do.”

Judges 6:24

Gideon built an altar for worshipping the LORD and called it “The LORD Calms our Fears”. It still stands there in Ophrah, a town in the territory of the Abiezer clan.