Joshua 22:26

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Josh 22:23-25
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    86%

    23that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Yahweh; or if to offer burnt offering or meal offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings, let Yahweh himself require it.

    24"If we have not out of concern done this, and for a reason, saying, 'In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, "What have you to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel?

    25For Yahweh has made the Jordan a border between us and you, you children of Reuben and children of Gad. You have no portion in Yahweh."' So your children might make our children cease from fearing Yahweh.

  • Josh 22:27-29
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    27but it will be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may perform the service of Yahweh 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 Yahweh.'

    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 altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you."'

    29"Far be it from us that we should rebel against Yahweh, and turn away this day from following Yahweh, to build an altar for burnt offering, for meal offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Yahweh our God that is before his tabernacle!"

  • Josh 22:15-16
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    15They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,

    16"Thus says the whole congregation of Yahweh, 'What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following Yahweh, in that you have built you an altar, to rebel this day against Yahweh?

  • Deut 27:5-7
    3 verses
    78%

    5There you shall build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of stones: you shall lift up no iron [tool] on them.

    6You shall build the altar of Yahweh your God of uncut stones; and you shall offer burnt offerings thereon to Yahweh your God:

    7and you shall sacrifice peace offerings, and shall eat there; and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God.

  • Judg 21:4
    77%

    4It happened 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%

    10When they came to the region about 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 there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look at.

    11The children of Israel heard this, "Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertains to the children of Israel."

  • Josh 22:19
    77%

    19However, if the land of your possession is unclean, then pass over to the land of the possession of Yahweh, in which Yahweh's tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us; but don't rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us, in building an altar other than the altar of Yahweh our God.

  • Josh 22:33-34
    2 verses
    76%

    33The thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben and the children of Gad lived.

    34The children of Reuben and the children of Gad named the altar "A Witness Between Us that Yahweh is God."

  • Judg 6:26
    74%

    26and build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this stronghold, in an orderly way, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down."

  • Josh 8:30-31
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    74%

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

    31as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, on which no man had lifted up any iron. They offered burnt offerings on it to Yahweh, and sacrificed peace offerings.

  • Exod 20:25
    73%

    25If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.

  • Num 32:16
    72%

    16They came near to him, and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones:

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    72%

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

  • Num 23:1-2
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    72%

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

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

  • 1 Chr 22:19
    71%

    19Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Yahweh your God. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Yahweh."

  • Exod 17:15
    71%

    15Moses built an altar, and called its name Yahweh our Banner.

  • Exod 10:25
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    25Moses said, "You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.

  • 1 Kgs 18:32
    71%

    32With the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh. He made a trench around the altar, large enough to contain two measures of seed.

  • Judg 2:2
    71%

    2and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.' But you have not listened to my voice: why have you done this?

  • Josh 9:11
    71%

    11Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, 'Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and tell them, "We are your servants. Now make a covenant with us."'

  • Ezra 3:2-3
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    71%

    2Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, 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 thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

    3They set the altar on its base; for fear was on them because of the peoples of the countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon to Yahweh, even burnt offerings morning and evening.

  • Num 23:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

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

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

  • Ezra 4:1-2
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    71%

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

    2then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' [houses], and said to them, "Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as you do; and we sacrifice to him since the days of Esar Haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here."

  • Josh 22:21
    71%

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

  • Heb 13:10
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    10We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat.

  • 1 Chr 21:29
    70%

    29For the tabernacle of Yahweh, 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%

    16He built up the altar of Yahweh, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve Yahweh, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 29:10
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    10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Yahweh, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

  • Num 23:14
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    14He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.

  • Gen 26:28
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    28They said, "We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. 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
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    9Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, "Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?"

  • Exod 8:26
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    26Moses said, "It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Yahweh our God. Behold, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and won't they stone us?

  • Exod 27:1
    70%

    1"You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and its height shall be three cubits.

  • Exod 40:6
    70%

    6"You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.