Joshua 8:30

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Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal.

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  • Gen 8:20 : 20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and took some of every clean animal and every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
  • Gen 12:7-8 : 7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8 From there, Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.
  • Exod 20:24 : 24 Make an altar of earth for Me, and on it you shall sacrifice your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
  • Deut 27:4-6 : 4 And when you have crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and coat them with plaster. 5 Build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool on them. 6 Use uncut stones to build the altar of the LORD your God, and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.

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  • Josh 8:31-34
    4 verses
    83%

    31 He built it according to what Moses, the servant of the Lord, had commanded the Israelites, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses—an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool had been used. On it they offered burnt offerings to the Lord and sacrificed peace offerings.

    32 There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua wrote on the stones a copy of the law of Moses.

    33 All Israel, along with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the Lord, facing the Levitical priests who were carrying it. Both the sojourner and the native-born were present. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half stood in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses, the servant of the Lord, had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.

    34 Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—just as it is written in the Book of the Law.

  • Deut 27:4-6
    3 verses
    76%

    4 And when you have crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and coat them with plaster.

    5 Build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool on them.

    6 Use uncut stones to build the altar of the LORD your God, and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.

  • 76%

    26 Joshua recorded these words in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the sanctuary of the LORD.

    27 And Joshua said to all the people, "See, this stone will serve as a witness against us. It has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.

  • 26 Then build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of this stronghold, laying the stones in an orderly way. Take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering using the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down.

  • 20 There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

  • 26 That is why we said, ‘Let us build an altar—not for burnt offerings or sacrifices,

  • 15 Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.

  • 8 From there, Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.

  • 73%

    10 When they came to the regions by the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built a large and impressive altar there by the Jordan.

    11 Then the Israelites heard it said, 'Look, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, by the region of the Jordan, on the Israelite side.'

  • Josh 8:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.

    29 He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. At sunset, Joshua gave the command, and they took his body down from the tree, threw it at the entrance of the city gate, and piled over it a large heap of stones, which remains to this day.

  • 23 If we have built an altar to turn away from following the LORD, or to offer burnt offerings or grain offerings, or to offer fellowship sacrifices on it, may the LORD Himself call us to account.

  • 32 With the stones, he built an altar in the name of the LORD and dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed.

  • Josh 4:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8 So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, as the LORD had told Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites. They carried them over with them to their camp and set them down there.

    9 Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, under the place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood, and they are there to this day.

  • 20 And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan.

  • Ezra 3:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his brothers, built the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses, the man of God.

    3 They set up the altar on its foundations, even though there was fear of the peoples of the surrounding lands, and they offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD, both the morning and evening sacrifices.

  • 16 'This is what the entire assembly of the LORD says: What is this unfaithful act you have committed against the God of Israel by turning away from following the LORD today and building for yourselves an altar, rebelling against the LORD now?

  • 4 The next day the people rose early, built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

  • 16 Then he restored the altar of the LORD and offered on it sacrifices of peace offerings and thanksgiving. And he commanded Judah to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • 29 When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

  • 27 On that day, Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the assembly and for the altar of the LORD at the place He would choose. And they continue to do so to this day.

  • 4 Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning, he built an altar at the base of the mountain and set up twelve pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel.

  • 26 They raised over him a great heap of stones, which remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from His fierce anger. Therefore, that place has been called the Valley of Achor to this day.

  • 2 On the day you cross the Jordan to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.

  • 22 Moses did as the LORD commanded. He took Joshua, set him before Eleazar the priest and the entire assembly,

  • 24 So Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it 'The Lord is Peace.' To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • 1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders of Israel, their leaders, judges, and officers, and they presented themselves before God.

  • 29 Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD and turn away from Him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, and sacrifices other than the altar of the LORD our God that stands in front of His tabernacle.

  • 23 Now then," Joshua said, "put away the foreign gods that are among you, and direct your hearts toward the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • 36 Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron, and they fought against it.

  • 34 And the Reubenites and the Gadites named the altar 'A Witness Between Us that the LORD is God.'

  • 26 At that time, Joshua pronounced this oath: 'Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up to rebuild this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn, he will lay its foundation; and at the cost of his youngest, he will set up its gates.'

  • 5 So they named that place Bochim, and there they offered sacrifices to the LORD.

  • 1 The LORD spoke to Joshua, saying:

  • 6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell face down to the ground before the ark of the Lord, remaining there until evening. The elders of Israel did the same and put dust on their heads.