Joshua 22:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Josh 22:23-25
    3 verses
    86%

    23That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer on it burnt offering or grain offering, or if to offer peace offerings on it, let the LORD Himself require it;

    24And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, What have you to do with the LORD God of Israel?

    25For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you, children of Reuben and children of Gad; you have no part in the LORD. So your children might make our children cease from fearing the LORD.

  • Josh 22:27-29
    3 verses
    85%

    27But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before Him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, You have no part in the LORD.

    28Therefore we said that it shall be, when they should say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices, but it is a witness between us and you.

    29God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for grain offerings, or for sacrifices, besides the altar of the LORD our God that is before His tabernacle.

  • Josh 22:15-16
    2 verses
    80%

    15And they came to the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and spoke with them, saying,

    16Thus says the whole congregation of the LORD: What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that you have built for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel this day against the LORD?

  • Deut 27:5-7
    3 verses
    78%

    5And there you shall build an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones: you shall not lift up any iron tool upon them.

    6You shall build the altar of the LORD your God of whole stones: and you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God:

    7And you shall offer peace offerings, and shall eat there, and rejoice before the LORD your God.

  • Judg 21:4
    77%

    4And it came to pass on the next day, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

  • Josh 22:10-11
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    77%

    10And when they came to the borders of the Jordan, in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great and impressive altar to see.

    11And the children of Israel heard it said, Behold, the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar across from the land of Canaan, in the borders of the Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.

  • Josh 22:19
    77%

    19If the land of your possession is unclean, then cross over to the land of the possession of the LORD, where the LORD’s tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us; but do not rebel against the LORD, nor rebel against us, by building for yourselves an altar besides the altar of the LORD our God.

  • Josh 22:33-34
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    76%

    33And the thing pleased the children of Israel, and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land where the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

    34And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.

  • Judg 6:26
    74%

    26And build an altar unto the LORD your God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which you shall cut down.

  • Josh 8:30-31
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    74%

    30Then Joshua built an altar to the LORD God of Israel in Mount Ebal,

    31As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man has lifted up any iron; and they offered on it burnt offerings to the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.

  • Exod 20:25
    73%

    25And if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you use your tool on it, you have profaned it.

  • Num 32:16
    72%

    16And they came near to him and said, We will build sheep pens here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones,

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    72%

    1Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

  • Num 23:1-2
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    72%

    1And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.

    2And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

  • 1 Chr 22:19
    71%

    19Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built for the name of the LORD.

  • Exod 17:15
    71%

    15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it The LORD is my banner:

  • Exod 10:25
    71%

    25And Moses said, You must also give us sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

  • 1 Kgs 18:32
    71%

    32And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench around the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

  • Judg 2:2
    71%

    2And you shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; you shall tear down their altars: but you have not obeyed my voice: why have you done this?

  • Josh 9:11
    71%

    11Therefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants: therefore now make a treaty with us.

  • Ezra 3:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak stood up, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brothers, and 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.

    3And they set the altar upon its bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.

  • Num 23:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.

    30And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

  • Ezra 4:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building the temple to the LORD God of Israel,

    2Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said to them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as you do; and we have sacrificed to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.

  • Josh 22:21
    71%

    21Then the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and said to the heads of the thousands of Israel,

  • Heb 13:10
    70%

    10We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.

  • 1 Chr 21:29
    70%

    29For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.

  • 2 Chr 33:16
    70%

    16And he repaired the altar of the LORD, sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 29:10
    70%

    10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that His fierce wrath may turn away from us.

  • Num 23:14
    70%

    14And he brought him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

  • Gen 26:28
    70%

    28And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with you: and we said, Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you;

  • Ezra 5:9
    70%

    9Then we asked those elders and said to them, Who commanded you to build this house and to finish these walls?

  • Exod 8:26
    70%

    26And Moses said, It is not appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?

  • Exod 27:1
    70%

    1And you shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and the height shall be three cubits.

  • Exod 40:6
    70%

    6And you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.