Joshua 22:27

Modern English Version

but as a witness for us, for you, and for the generations after us, that we may perform the service of the Lord before Him with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings, and 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

Laban said, “This pile is a witness between me and you this day.” Therefore its name was called Galeed,

Genesis 31:52

This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, so that I will not cross over this pile to you and so that you will not pass over this pile and this pillar to me for harm.

Psalm 16:5

O  Lord, you are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You hold my lot.

Isaiah 19:19

In that day there shall be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord at its border.

Deuteronomy 12:11

then there will be a place which the Lord your God will choose to cause His name to dwell. There you must bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, the offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the Lord.

Joshua 22:10

The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh came near the Jordan in the land of Canaan and built a very large altar by the Jordan.

Joshua 22:26

“So we said to each other, ‘Let us build this altar, not for burnt offering or sacrifice,

Joshua 22:28

“Therefore we said, ‘In the future, if they say this to us or to our descendants, we will say, “Behold, the copy of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between you and us.” ’

Joshua 22:34

The descendants of Reuben and Gad named the altar Witness, “For it is a witness between us that the Lord is God.”

Joshua 24:27

Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone will be a witness for us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord that He spoke to us. It will be a witness for us, lest you deny your God.”

1 Samuel 7:12

Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen. And he called its name Ebenezer saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.”