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Joshua 22:34

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32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.

33 And 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 wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

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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BSB
So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”
KJV
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.
WEB
The children of Reuben and the children of Gad named the altar “A Witness Between Us that the LORD is God.”
ASV
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar [Ed]: For, [said they], it is a witness between us that Jehovah is God.
DARBY
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad gave a name to the altar; for it is a witness between us that Jehovah is God.
BLB
And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad proclaimed of the altar that, “It [is] a witness between us that YHWH [is] God.”
ÅB
Og Rubens barn og Gads barn gav alteret navn og sa: Et vitne er det mellom oss om at Herren er Gud.
OTB
Og rubenittene og gadittene kalte alteret Vitne; "For," sa de, "det er et vitne mellom oss at Herren er Gud."
B1930
Og Rubens barn og Gads barn gav alteret navn og sa: Et vidne er det mellem oss om at Herren er Gud.

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Cross references

  • Joshua 22:27

    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, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.

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  • Isaiah 43:10

    Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

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  • Matthew 4:10

    Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

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  • Joshua 24:27

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

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  • 1 Kings 18:39

    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.

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