Joshua 22:26

God's Word

Then we said, ‘Let’s build an altar for ourselves. It will not be for burnt offerings or sacrifices,

Cross References

Isaiah 19:19

When that day comes, an altar for the Lord will be in the middle of Egypt, and a stone marker for the Lord will be near its border.

Joshua 22:25

The Lord has made the Jordan River a dividing line between us and you, the descendants of Reuben and Gad. You have no connection with the Lord!’ So your descendants would stop our descendants from worshiping the Lord.

Joshua 22:27

but it will stand as a witness between us for generations to come. It will stand as a witness that we may worship in the presence of the Lord with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and fellowship offerings.’ Then your descendants cannot say to our descendants, ‘You have no connection with the Lord!’

Joshua 22:29

It would be unthinkable for us to rebel against the Lord or to turn back today from following the Lord by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices in addition to the altar of the Lord our God that is in front of his tent.”

Judges 6:24

So Gideon built an altar there to the Lord. He called it The Lord Calms. To this day it is still in Ophrah, which belongs to Abiezer’s family.