Verse 29

Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD by turning back today from following after the LORD by building an altar for burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace aside from the altar of the LORD our God located in front of his dwelling place!”

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 24:16 : 16 The people responded,“Far be it from us to abandon the LORD so we can worship other gods!
  • Deut 12:13-14 : 13 Make sure you do not offer burnt offerings in any place you wish, 14 for you may do so only in the place the LORD chooses in one of your tribal areas– there you may do everything I am commanding you.
  • Josh 22:23 : 23 If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the LORD by making burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering tokens of peace on it, the LORD himself will punish us.
  • Josh 22:26 : 26 So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,
  • Gen 44:7 : 7 They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
  • Gen 44:17 : 17 But Joseph said,“Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of you may go back to your father in peace.”
  • 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 As far as I am concerned, far be it from me to sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the way that is good and upright.
  • 1 Kgs 21:3 : 3 But Naboth replied to Ahab,“The LORD forbid that I should sell you my ancestral inheritance.”
  • 2 Kgs 18:22 : 22 Perhaps you will tell me,‘We are trusting in the LORD our God.’ But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem,‘You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem.’
  • 2 Chr 32:12 : 12 Hezekiah is the one who eliminated the LORD’s high places and altars and then told Judah and Jerusalem,“At one altar you must worship and offer sacrifices.”
  • Rom 3:6 : 6 Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world?
  • Rom 6:2 : 2 Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
  • Rom 9:14 : 14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!