Joshua 22:27

New International Version

On the contrary, it is to be a witness between us and you and the generations that follow, that we will worship the Lord at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices and fellowship offerings. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no share in the Lord.’

Cross References

Joshua 24:27

“See!” he said to all the people. “This stone will be a witness against us. It has heard all the words the Lord has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue to your God.”

Genesis 31:48

Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me today.” That is why it was called Galeed.

Joshua 22:34

And the Reubenites and the Gadites gave the altar this name: A Witness Between Us—that the Lord is God.

Deuteronomy 12:11

Then to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name—there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice possessions you have vowed to the Lord.

1 Samuel 7:12

Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.”

Joshua 22:10

When they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.

Genesis 31:52

This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this heap to your side to harm you and that you will not go past this heap and pillar to my side to harm me.

Joshua 22:26

“That is why we said, ‘Let us get ready and build an altar—but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.’

Joshua 22:28

“And we said, ‘If they ever say this to us, or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the Lord’s altar, which our ancestors built, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’

Psalm 16:5

Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure.

Isaiah 19:19

In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the heart of Egypt, and a monument to the Lord at its border.