Joshua 22:25

Free Bible Version

The Lord put a border—the Jordan River—between us and you, descendants of Reuben and Gad. You don't belong to the Lord.’ So your descendants might stop our descendants from worshiping the Lord.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

A rabble-rouser called Sheba, son of Bichri, from the tribe of Benjamin, happened to be there. He blew the ram's horn and shouted: “We have no interest in David, no commitment to Jesse's son. Israelites, let's all go home!”

1 Kings 12:16

When all the Israelites saw that the king wasn't listening to them, they told the king: “What share do we have in David, and what part do we have in the son of Jesse? Go home, Israel! You're on your own, house of David!” So all the Israelites went home.

1 Kings 14:16

He will abandon Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam, those that he committed himself, and those he made Israel commit.”

1 Kings 15:30

This happened because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had made Israel commit, and because he had made the Lord, the God of Israel, angry.

Nehemiah 2:20

But I replied, telling them, “The God of heaven, he will make sure we're successful. We, his servants, will begin rebuilding, but Jerusalem doesn't belong to you, and you have no authority over it or claim to it.”

Psalm 16:5

Lord, you alone are all I have; you give me what I need; you safeguard my future.

Acts 8:21

“You're not part of any of this. None of this work belongs to you, because in God's eyes your attitude is totally wrong.

Joshua 22:24

We did this because we were worried that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ‘What have you got to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?

Joshua 22:26

So we said to ourselves, ‘Let's build an altar, not for burnt offerings or for sacrifices,

Joshua 22:27

but as a witness between us and you, and for the generations that come after us, that we will come to worship the Lord in his presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and friendship offerings.’ Then your descendants will not be able to say to ours in the future, ‘You don't belong to the Lord.’

1 Samuel 26:19

“Please listen to me, my lord and king. If the Lord has made you angry with me, then may he be happy to accept an offering. But if it's men that have done it, may they be cursed before the Lord for all this. They've been driving me away from living among God's chosen people, telling me, ‘Go away and worship other gods.’