Labansaid,"Thisheapis a witnessbetweenyou and me this day."Thereforeit was namedGaleed,
He said,"You shall takethese sevenewelambsfrom my handsothat it may be a witnessto me, that I dugthiswell."
then he tookhis kinsmenwith him and pursuedhim [a distance of] sevendays'journey,and he overtookhim in the hillcountryof Gilead.
"From Aroerwhichis on the edgeof the valleyof Arnonand [from] the citywhichis in the valley,even to Gilead,there was nocitythat was toohighfor us; the LORDour Goddeliveredalloverto us.
"To the Reubenitesand to the GaditesI gavefrom Gileadeven as faras the valleyof Arnon,the middleof the valleyas a borderand as faras the riverJabbok,the borderof the sonsof Ammon;
ratherit shall be a witnessbetweenus and you and betweenour generationsafterus, that we are to performthe serviceof the LORDbeforeHim with our burntofferings,and with our sacrificesand with our peaceofferings,sothat your sonswill not sayto our sonsin timeto come,"You havenoportionin the LORD."'
"Therefore we said,'It shall also comeabout ifthey say[this] to us or to our generationsin timeto come,then we shall say,"Seethe copyof the altarof the LORDwhichour fathersmade,not for burntofferingor for sacrifice;ratherit is a witnessbetweenus and you."'
The sonsof Reubenand the sonsof Gadcalledthe altar[Witness]; "For," [they said], "it is a witnessbetweenus that the LORDis God."
Joshuasaidto allthe people,"Behold,thisstoneshall be for a witnessagainst us, for it has heardallthe wordsof the LORDwhichHe spoketo us; thus it shall be for a witnessagainst you, sothat you do not denyyour God."
Afterhim, Jairthe Gileaditearoseand judgedIsraeltwenty-twoyears.
