Joshua 22:22-26

22 “The Mighty One, God, the LORD! The Mighty One, God, the LORD! He knows! And let Israel know! If this has been in rebellion or disobedience to the LORD, do not spare us this day.
23 If we have built our own altar to turn away from the LORD and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, or to sacrifice fellowship offerings on it, may the LORD himself call us to account.
24 “No! We did it for fear that some day your descendants might say to ours, ‘What do you have to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
25 The LORD has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you—you Reubenites and Gadites! You have no share in the LORD.’ So your descendants might cause ours to stop fearing the LORD.
26 “That is why we said, ‘Let us get ready and build an altar—but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.’

Cross References 5

  • 1. S Deuteronomy 10:17
  • 2. Psalms 50:1
  • 3. 1 Samuel 2:3; 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Kings 8:39; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Job 10:7; Psalms 11:4; Psalms 40:9; Psalms 44:21; Psalms 139:4; Jeremiah 17:10
  • 4. Jeremiah 41:5
  • 5. S Deuteronomy 12:11; S Deuteronomy 18:19; 1 Samuel 20:16
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