Verse 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!"

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 24:16 : 16 The people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;
  • Deut 12:13-14 : 13 Take heed to yourself that you don't offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see; 14 but in the place which Yahweh shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.
  • Josh 22:23 : 23 that 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.
  • Josh 22:26 : 26 "Therefore we said, 'Let's now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice;
  • Gen 44:7 : 7 They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
  • Gen 44:17 : 17 He said, "Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my bondservant; but as for you, go up in peace to your father."
  • 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
  • 1 Kgs 21:3 : 3 Naboth said to Ahab, "May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!"
  • 2 Kgs 18:22 : 22 But if you tell me, 'We trust in Yahweh our God;' isn't that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?'
  • 2 Chr 32:12 : 12 Hasn't the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, 'You shall worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn incense?'
  • Rom 3:6 : 6 May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?
  • Rom 6:2 : 2 May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?
  • Rom 9:14 : 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!