Joshua 22:29

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Joshua 22:27–31 · Berean Standard Bible

27 Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’

28 Therefore we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’

29 Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD and turn away from Him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices, other than the altar of the LORD our God, which stands before His tabernacle.”

30 When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him—heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.

31 Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this breach of faith against Him. Consequently, you have delivered the Israelites from the hand of the LORD.”

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Joshua 24:16

The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!

Genesis 44:7

“Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.

Genesis 44:17

But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”

1 Samuel 12:23

As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.

1 Kings 21:3

But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”

Romans 3:6

Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?

Romans 6:2

Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?

Romans 9:14

What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!

Joshua 22:23

If we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from Him and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice fellowship offerings on it, may the LORD Himself hold us accountable.

Joshua 22:26

That is why we said, ‘Let us take action and build an altar for ourselves, but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.

Deuteronomy 12:13

Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;

Deuteronomy 12:14

you must offer them only in the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribal territories, and there you shall do all that I command you.

2 Kings 18:22

But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?

2 Chronicles 32:12

Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?