Joshua 22:29

New American Bible - revised edition

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.”

Cross References

Genesis 44:17

Joseph said, “Far be it from me to act thus! Only the one in whose possession the goblet was found shall become my slave; the rest of you may go back unharmed to your father.”

Genesis 44:7

they said to him: “Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

1 Kings 21:3

Naboth said to Ahab, “The Lord forbid that I should give you my ancestral heritage.”

2 Kings 18:22

Or do you people say to me, “It is in the Lord our God we trust!”? Is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, commanding Judah and Jerusalem, “Worship before this altar in Jerusalem”?’

2 Chronicles 32:12

Has not this same Hezekiah removed the Lord’s own high places and altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You shall bow down before one altar only, and on it alone you shall offer incense’?

Romans 3:6

Of course not! For how else is God to judge the world?

Romans 6:2

How can we who died to sin yet live in it?

Romans 9:14

What then are we to say? Is there injustice on the part of God? Of course not!

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 22:23

and if we have built an altar of our own to turn from following the Lord, or to sacrifice burnt offerings, grain offerings, or communion sacrifices upon it, the Lord himself will exact the penalty.

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 22:30

When Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the community, the heads of the Israelite clans, heard what the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the Manassites had to say, they were satisfied.

Joshua 24:16

But the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods.

1 Samuel 12:23

As for me, far be it from me to sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you and to teach you the good and right way.