Joshua 22:34

The children of Reuben and the children of Gad named the altar “A Witness Between Us that the LORD is God.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

33The thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben and the children of Gad lived.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:48Laban said, “This heap is witness between me and you today.” Therefore it was named Galeed

Joshua 24:27Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the LORD’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”

Isaiah 19:19In that day, there will be an altar to the LORD in the middle of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD at its border.

Matthew 4:10Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”

Matthew Henry on Joshua 22:31-34

30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them. 31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the Lord is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the Lord : now ye have… Read the whole commentary →

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