Joshua 22:26

New Century Version

“That is why we decided to build this altar. But it is not for burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Cross References

Isaiah 19:19

At that time there will be an altar for the Lord in the middle of Egypt and a monument to the Lord at the border of Egypt.

Joshua 22:25

The Lord made the Jordan River a border between us and you people of Reuben and Gad. You cannot worship the Lord.’ So we feared that your children might make our children stop worshiping the Lord.

Joshua 22:27

This altar is proof to you and us and to all our children who will come after us that we worship the Lord with our whole burnt offerings, grain, and fellowship offerings. This was so your children would not say to our children, ‘You are not the Lord’s.’

Joshua 22:29

“Truly, we don’t want to be against the Lord or to stop following him by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices. We know the only true altar to the Lord our God is in front of the Holy Tent.”

Judges 6:24

So Gideon built an altar there to worship the Lord and named it The Lord Is Peace. It still stands at Ophrah, where the Abiezrites live.