Joshua 22:26

The Passion Translation

We did build an altar, but not for burning sacrifices or making offerings.

Cross References

Isaiah 19:19

In that day, there will be an altar to the Lord Yahweh in the middle of Egypt and a sacred monument to honor him on her border.

Joshua 22:27

We built this altar to show to our people and to your people and to the generations to come that we will worship Yahweh at his tabernacle. We will bring all our offerings into Yahweh’s presence there so that your children may never say to our children in the future, ‘You have no part in the worship of Yahweh.’

Joshua 22:29

Far be it from us to rebel against Yahweh or to turn away from following him this day by building an altar on which to present offerings or make sacrifices to Yahweh our God. We would never build an altar to take the place of the altar which stands before his tabernacle, the place of his presence.”

Judges 6:24

So Gideon built an altar to Yahweh there and named it “In Yahweh there is Peace.” (The altar is still standing at Ophrah, which belongs to the clan of Abiezer.)