Joshua 22:34

KJV1611 – Modern English

And 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.

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  • Josh 22:27 : 27 But 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.
  • Josh 24:27 : 27 And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us; for it has heard all the words of the LORD which he spoke to us: it shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.
  • 1 Kgs 18:39 : 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
  • Isa 43:10 : 10 You are My witnesses, says the LORD, and My servant whom I have chosen: that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He: before Me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after Me.
  • Matt 4:10 : 10 Then Jesus said to him, Go away, Satan, for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and only him shall you serve.

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  • Josh 22:33
    77%

    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.

  • Josh 22:9-12
    4 verses
    77%

    9And the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the region of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they possessed according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

    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.

    12And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh to go up to war against them.

  • Josh 22:21-31
    11 verses
    76%

    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,

    22The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, He knows, and Israel shall know; if it is in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (do not save us this day)

    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.

    26Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice,

    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.

    30And when Phinehas the priest, and the leaders of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them.

    31And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this trespass against the LORD; now you have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.

  • Gen 31:47-49
    3 verses
    72%

    47And Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

    48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and you this day. Therefore its name was called Galeed;

    49And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.

  • Josh 22:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    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?

  • Gen 33:20
    70%

    20And he erected an altar there and called it El Elohe Israel.

  • Josh 24:27
    70%

    27And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us; for it has heard all the words of the LORD which he spoke to us: it shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.

  • Num 32:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    31And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD has said to your servants, so will we do.

    32We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side of the Jordan may be ours.

  • Judg 11:10
    70%

    10And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not do according to your words.

  • Josh 8:30
    69%

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

  • Num 32:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great number of cattle; and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, they realized that the place was suitable for cattle.

    2The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,

  • Exod 17:15
    68%

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

  • Gen 31:44
    67%

    44Now therefore come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be for a witness between me and you.

  • Gen 35:3
    67%

    3And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

  • Gen 26:28
    67%

    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;

  • Gen 31:51-53
    3 verses
    67%

    51And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have set between me and you;

    52This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you shall not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.

    53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    67%

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

  • Num 32:25
    67%

    25And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Your servants will do as my lord commands.

  • 1 Kgs 18:32
    66%

    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.

  • Josh 4:6
    66%

    6That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean?

  • Josh 22:1
    66%

    1Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

  • Num 32:6
    66%

    6And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?

  • Gen 22:14
    66%

    14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

  • Josh 22:19
    66%

    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.

  • Judg 6:24
    66%

    24Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • Judg 21:4
    66%

    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.

  • Num 32:29
    66%

    29And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man armed for battle, before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession.

  • Num 20:18
    65%

    18But Edom said to him, "You shall not pass through my land, lest I come out against you with the sword."