Joshua 22:27

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Instead, it is to be a witness between us and you, and between the generations after us, so that we may carry out the worship of the Lord in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and fellowship offerings. Then in the future, your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no share in the Lord! ’

Cross References

Genesis 31:48

Then Laban said, “This mound is a witness between you and me today.” Therefore the place was called Galeed

Genesis 31:52

This mound is a witness and the marker is a witness that I will not pass beyond this mound to you, and you will not pass beyond this mound and this marker to do me harm.

Psalm 16:5

Lord, You are my portion and my cup of blessing; You hold my future.

Isaiah 19:19

On that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the center of the land of Egypt and a pillar to the Lord near her border.

Deuteronomy 12:11

then Yahweh 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.

Joshua 22:10

When they came to the region of the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh built a large, impressive altar there by the Jordan.

Joshua 22:26

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

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 fathers made, not for burnt offering or sacrifice, but as a witness between us and you.

Joshua 22:34

So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar: It is a witness between us that the Lord is God.

Joshua 24:27

And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone — it will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the Lord said to us, and it will be a witness against you, so that you will not deny your God.”

1 Samuel 7:12

Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it upright between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, explaining, “The Lord has helped us to this point.”