Joshua 22:28

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Joshua 22:28

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New American Standard Bible

Therefore we said, ‘It shall also come about if they say this to us or to our generations in time to come, then we shall say, “See the copy of the altar of the Lord which our fathers made, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice; rather it is a witness between us and you.”’

King James Version

Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.

Holman Bible

We thought that if they said this to us or to our generations in the future, we would reply: Look at the replica of the Lord’s altar that our fathers made, not for burnt offering or sacrifice, but as a witness between us and you.

International Standard Version

"That's also why we said, "It may be if they say these things to us and to our descendants in the future, so we will respond, "Look at this replica of the altar of the LORD that our ancestors made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifice, but rather as a reminder between us and you.

A Conservative Version

Therefore we said, It shall be, when they so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the altar of LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice, but it is

American Standard Version

Therefore said we, It shall be, when they so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.

Amplified

So we said, ‘If your descendants should say this to us or to our descendants in time to come, then we can reply, “See the copy of the altar of the Lord which our fathers made, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice, but rather it is a witness between us and you.”’

Bible in Basic English

For we said to ourselves, If they say this to us or to future generations, then we will say, See this copy of the Lord's altar which our fathers made, not for burned offerings or offerings of beasts, but for a witness between us and you.

Darby Translation

And we said, If it shall be that in future they so say to us and to our generations, we will say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice, but as a witness between us and you.

Julia Smith Translation

And we shall say, and it was that they shall say to us and to our generations to-morrow, and we said, See the model of the altar of Jehovah which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering and not for sacrifice; but this a witness between us and between you.

King James 2000

Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And we thought, if they say to us and to our children in the future, we can say, 'Look at this replica of the altar of Yahweh, which our ancestors made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices; rather, it [is] a witness between us and you.'

Modern King James verseion

And we said that when they should say so to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices, but it is a witness between us and you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And we thought if they should so say to us, or to our generations in time to come, that we would say again, 'Behold the fashion of the altar which our fathers made, neither for burnt offerings nor sacrifices, but that it should be a witness between us and you.'

NET Bible

We said, 'If in the future they say such a thing to us or to our descendants, we will reply, "See the model of the Lord's altar that our ancestors made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you."'

New Heart English Bible

Therefore we said, 'It shall be, when they tell us or our generations this in time to come, that we shall say, "Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you."'

The Emphasized Bible

Therefore said we, And it shall be, when they so say to us, or to our generations, in time to come, - that we will say - Behold ye the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made, not for ascending-offerings nor for sacrifice, but that, a witness, it might be between us and you.

Webster

Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they shall so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.

World English Bible

"Therefore we said, 'It shall be, when they tell us or our generations this in time to come, that we shall say, "Behold the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you."'

Youngs Literal Translation

And we say, And it hath been, when they say so unto us, and unto our generations hereafter, that we have said, See the pattern of the altar of Jehovah, which our fathers made -- not for burnt-offering nor for sacrifice -- but a witness it is between us and you.

Themes

The tribe of Gad » Assists » Assisted » Building » Altars » Jealousy

Haste » In judgment, by moses and the israelites

Liberality » Instances of » Reubenites

Misjudgment » Instances of » Of the reubenites and gadites

Motive » Misunderstood » When they built the memorial

Phinehas » Sent » Inquire » monument

Prudence » Instances of » The israelites, in the threatened war with the two and one-half tribes

The tribe of Reuben » Assisted in building the altar of witness which offended the other tribes

Reubenites » building a monument » East » Jordon river

Uncharitableness » Instances of » The tribes west of the jordan river toward the two and a half tribes

War » Counsels of

War » Averted

Topics

The Altar Of The Lord

Copies Of Altars

Building Relationships

Interlinear

English(KJV)

Strong's

Root Form

Definition

Usage

Therefore said

H559

said, speak, answer, command, tell, call, promised, .

Usage: 0

we, that it shall be, when they should so say

H559

said, speak, answer, command, tell, call, promised, .

Usage: 0

to us or to our generations

H1755

דּר דּור
Dowr

generation, all, many,

Usage: 167

in time to come

H4279

מחר
Machar

to morrow, time to come

Usage: 52

that we may say

H559

said, speak, answer, command, tell, call, promised, .

Usage: 0

again, Behold

H7200

ראה
Ra'ah

see, look, behold, shew, appear, consider, seer, spy, respect, perceive, provide, regard, enjoy, lo, foreseeth, heed,

Usage: 1308

the pattern

H8403

תּבנית
Tabniyth

pattern, likeness, form, similitude, figure

Usage: 20

of the altar

H4196

מזבּח
Mizbeach

altar

Usage: 401

of the Lord

H3068

LORD, GOD, JEHOVAH, variant

Usage: 0

which our fathers

אב
'ab

father, chief, families, desire, fatherless , forefathers , patrimony, prince, principal

Usage: 1214

made

H6213

do, make, wrought, deal, commit, offer, execute, keep, shew, prepare, work, do so, perform, get, dress, maker, maintain,

Usage: 0

not for burnt offerings

H5930

עולה עלה
`olah

burnt offering, burnt sacrifice, ascent, go up

Usage: 288

nor for sacrifices

H2077

זבח
Zebach

sacrifice, offerings, offer

Usage: 162

but it is a witness

H5707

עד
`ed

witness

Usage: 69

References

Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 22:28

Verse Info

Bible Rank: 19484
Joshua Rank: 372
3 Topics
12 Themes
4 Cross References
2 Readings
Interlinear
5 Phrases
1 Name
8 References

Context Readings

Civil War Is Averted

²⁷ rather it shall be a witness between us and you and between our generations after us, that we are to perform the service of the Lord before Him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices and with our peace offerings, so that your sons will not say to our sons in time to come, “You have no portion in the Lord.”’ ²⁸ Therefore we said, ‘It shall also come about if they say this to us or to our generations in time to come, then we shall say, “See the copy of the altar of the Lord which our fathers made, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice; rather it is a witness between us and you.”’ ²⁹ Far be it from us that we should rebel against the Lord and turn away from following the Lord this day, by building an altar for burnt offering, for grain offering or for sacrifice, besides the altar of the Lord our God which is before His tabernacle.”