Joshua 22:27

New King James Version

but that it may be a witness between you and us and our generations after us, that we may perform the service of the Lord before Him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your descendants may not say to our descendants in time to come, “You have no part in the Lord.” ’

Cross References

Genesis 31:48

And Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore its name was called Galeed,

Genesis 31:52

This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass beyond this heap to you, and you will not pass beyond this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.

Psalm 16:5

O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot.

Isaiah 19:19

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

Deuteronomy 12:11

then there will be the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. There you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, and all your choice offerings which you vow to the Lord.

Joshua 22:10

And when they came to the region of the Jordan which is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan—a great, impressive altar.

Joshua 22:26

Therefore we said, ‘Let us now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice,

Joshua 22:28

Therefore we said that it will be, when they say this to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say, ‘Here is the replica of the altar of the Lord which our fathers made, though not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between you and us.’

Joshua 22:34

The children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar, Witness, “For it is a witness between us that the Lord is God.”

Joshua 24:27

And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord which He spoke to us. It shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.”

1 Samuel 7:12

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