Joshua 22:26

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So we said, Let us now make an altar for ourselves, not for burned offerings or for the offerings of beasts:

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  • Josh 22:23-25
    3 verses
    86%

    23 That we have made ourselves an altar, being false to the Lord, keep us not safe from death this day; and if for the purpose of offering burned offerings on it and meal offerings, or peace-offerings, let the Lord himself send punishment for it;

    24 And if we have not, in fact, done this designedly and with purpose, having in our minds the fear that in time to come your children might say to our children, What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?

    25 For the Lord has made Jordan a line of division between us and you, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad; you have no part in the Lord: so your children will make our children give up fearing the Lord.

  • Josh 22:27-29
    3 verses
    85%

    27 But to be a witness between us and you, and between the future generations, that we have the right of worshipping the Lord with our burned offerings and our offerings of beasts and our peace-offerings; so that your children will not be able to say to our children in time to come, You have no part in the Lord.

    28 For we said to ourselves, If they say this to us or to future generations, then we will say, See this copy of the Lord's altar which our fathers made, not for burned offerings or offerings of beasts, but for a witness between us and you.

    29 Never let it be said that we were false to the Lord, turning back this day from him and building an altar for burned offerings and meal offerings and offerings of beasts, in addition to the altar of the Lord our God which is before his House.

  • Josh 22:15-16
    2 verses
    80%

    15 And they came to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and said to them,

    16 This is what all the meeting of the people of the Lord has said, What is this wrong which you have done against the God of Israel, turning back this day from the Lord and building an altar for yourselves, and being false to the Lord?

  • Deut 27:5-7
    3 verses
    78%

    5 There you are to make an altar to the Lord your God, of stones on which no iron instrument has been used.

    6 You are to make the altar of the Lord your God of uncut stones; offering on it burned offerings to the Lord your God:

    7 And you are to make your peace-offerings, feasting there with joy before the Lord your God.

  • Judg 21:4
    77%

    4 Then on the day after, the people got up early and made an altar there, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings.

  • Josh 22:10-11
    2 verses
    77%

    10 Now when they came to the country by Jordan in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh put up there, by Jordan, a great altar, seen from far.

    11 And news came to the children of Israel, See, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have put up an altar opposite the land of Canaan, in the country by Jordan on the side which is Israel's.

  • Josh 22:19
    77%

    19 But if the land you now have is unclean, come over into the Lord's land where his House is, and take up your heritage among us: but do not be false to the Lord and to us by building yourselves an altar in addition to the altar of the Lord our God.

  • Josh 22:33-34
    2 verses
    76%

    33 And the children of Israel were pleased about this; and they gave praise to God, and had no more thought of going to war against the children of Reuben and the children of Gad for the destruction of their land.

    34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad gave to that altar the name of Ed. For, they said, It is a witness between us that the Lord is God.

  • Judg 6:26
    74%

    26 Make an altar to the Lord your God on the top of this rock, in the ordered way and take the ox and make a burned offering with the wood of the holy tree which has been cut down.

  • Josh 8:30-31
    2 verses
    74%

    30 Then Joshua put up an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,

    31 In the way ordered by Moses, the servant of the Lord, as it is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, untouched by any iron instrument: and on it they made burned offerings and peace-offerings to the Lord.

  • Exod 20:25
    73%

    25 And if you make me an altar of stone do not make it of cut stones: for the touch of an instrument will make it unclean.

  • Num 32:16
    72%

    16 Then they came to him, and said, We will make safe places for our cattle here, and towns for our little ones;

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    72%

    1 Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings.

  • Num 23:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 And Balaam said to Balak, Make me here seven altars and get ready seven oxen and seven male sheep.

    2 And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam made an offering on every altar of an ox and a male sheep.

  • 1 Chr 22:19
    71%

    19 Now give your heart and soul to the worship of the Lord your God; and get to work on the building of the holy place of the Lord God, so that you may put the ark of the Lord's agreement and the holy vessels of God in the house which is to be made for the name of the Lord.

  • Exod 17:15
    71%

    15 Then Moses put up an altar and gave it the name of Yahweh-nissi:

  • Exod 10:25
    71%

    25 But Moses said, You will have to let us take burned offerings to put before the Lord our God.

  • 1 Kgs 18:32
    71%

    32 And with the stones he made an altar to the name of the Lord; and he made a deep drain all round the altar, great enough to take two measures of seed.

  • Judg 2:2
    71%

    2 And you are to make no agreement with the people of this land; you are to see that their altars are broken down: but you have not given ear to my voice: what have you done?

  • Josh 9:11
    71%

    11 So the responsible men and all the people of our country said to us, Take food with you for the journey and go to them, and say to them, We are your servants: so now make an agreement with us.

  • Ezra 3:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 Then Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, with his brothers, got up and made the altar of the God of Israel for burned offerings as is recorded in the law of Moses, the man of God.

    3 They put the altar on its base; for fear was on them because of the people of the countries: and they made burned offerings on it to the Lord, even burned offerings morning and evening.

  • Num 23:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29 And Balaam said to Balak, Make me seven altars here and get seven oxen and seven male sheep ready for me.

    30 And Balak did as Balaam said, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.

  • Ezra 4:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 Now news came to the haters of Judah and Benjamin that the people who had come back were building a Temple to the Lord, the God of Israel;

    2 Then they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of families, and said to them, Let us take part in the building with you; for we are servants of your God, even as you are; and we have been making offerings to him from the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assyria, who put us here.

  • Josh 22:21
    71%

    21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh said in answer to the heads of the families of Israel,

  • Heb 13:10
    70%

    10 We have an altar from which those priests who are servants in the Tent may not take food.

  • 1 Chr 21:29
    70%

    29 For the House of the Lord, which Moses had made in the waste land, and the altar of burned offerings, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.

  • 2 Chr 33:16
    70%

    16 And he put the altar of the Lord in order, offering peace-offerings and praise-offerings on it, and said that all Judah were to be servants of the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 29:10
    70%

    10 Now it is my purpose to make an agreement with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from us.

  • Num 23:14
    70%

    14 So he took him into the country of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and there they made seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.

  • Gen 26:28
    70%

    28 And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;

  • Ezra 5:9
    70%

    9 Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?

  • Exod 8:26
    70%

    26 And Moses said, It is not right to do so; for we make our offerings of that to which the Egyptians give worship; and if we do so before their eyes, certainly we will be stoned.

  • Exod 27:1
    70%

    1 And make an altar of hard wood, a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high.

  • Exod 40:6
    70%

    6 And put the altar of burned offerings before the doorway of the House of the Tent of meeting.