Joshua 22:27

New American Bible - revised edition

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.’

Cross References

Genesis 31:48

Laban said, “This mound will be a witness from now on between you and me.” That is why it was named Galeed—

Genesis 31:52

This mound will be a witness, and this sacred pillar will be a witness, that, with hostile intent, I may not pass beyond this mound into your territory, nor may you pass beyond it into mine.

Psalm 16:5

Lord, my allotted portion and my cup, you have made my destiny secure.

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.

Deuteronomy 12:11

then to the place which the Lord, your God, chooses as the dwelling place for his name you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and personal contributions, and every special offering you have vowed to the Lord.

Joshua 22:10

When the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh came to the region of the Jordan in the land of Canaan, they built an altar there at the Jordan, an impressively large altar.

Joshua 22:26

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

Joshua 22:28

Our thought was that, if in the future they should speak thus to us or to our descendants, we could answer: ‘Look at the copy of the altar of the Lord which our ancestors made, not for burnt offerings or for sacrifices, but to witness between you and us.’

Joshua 22:34

The Reubenites and the Gadites gave the altar its name as a witness among them that the Lord is God.

Joshua 24:27

And Joshua said to all the people, “This stone shall be our witness, for it has heard all the words which the Lord spoke to us. It shall be a witness against you, should you wish to deny your God.”

1 Samuel 7:12

Samuel then took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Jeshanah; he named it Ebenezer, explaining, “As far as this place the Lord has been our help.”