Joshua 22:27

World Messianic Bible British Edition

but it will be a witness between us and you, and between 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 children may not tell our children in time to come, ‘You have no portion in the LORD.’

Cross References

Genesis 31:48

Laban said, “This heap is witness between me and you today.” Therefore it was named Galeed

Genesis 31:52

May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.

Psalm 16:5

The LORD assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.

Isaiah 19:19

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

Deuteronomy 12:11

then it shall happen that to the place which the LORD your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the LORD.

Joshua 22:10

When they came to the region near the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan, a great altar to look at.

Joshua 22:26

“Therefore we said, ‘Let’s now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice;

Joshua 22:28

“Therefore we said, ‘It shall be, when they tell us or our generations this in time to come, that we shall say, “Behold the pattern of the LORD’s altar, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.”’

Joshua 22:34

The children of Reuben and the children of Gad named the altar “A Witness Between Us that the LORD is God.”

Joshua 24:27

Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the LORD’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”

1 Samuel 7:12

Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “The LORD helped us until now.”