Joshua 22:26

New American Bible - revised edition

So we thought, ‘Let us act for ourselves by building this altar of our own’—not for burnt offerings or sacrifice,

Cross References

Isaiah 19:19

On that day there shall be an altar to the Lord at the center of Egypt, and a sacred pillar to the Lord near its boundary.

Joshua 22:25

For the Lord has placed the Jordan as a boundary between you and us, you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the Lord.’ Thus your children would prevent ours from revering the Lord.

Joshua 22:27

but as witness between us and you and our descendants, that we have the right to provide for the service of the Lord in his presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and communion sacrifices. Now in the future your children cannot say to our children, ‘You have no share in the Lord.’

Joshua 22:29

Far be it from us to rebel against the Lord or to turn now from following the Lord by building an altar for burnt offering, grain offering, or sacrifice in addition to the altar of the Lord, our God, which stands before his tabernacle.”

Judges 6:24

So Gideon built there an altar to the Lord and called it Yahweh-shalom. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.