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Joshua 22:26-28
New English Translation
Joshua 22:26-28
New English Translation
26 So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices, 27 but as a reminder to us and you[a] and our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the Lord in his very presence[b] with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace.[c] Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no right to worship the Lord.’[d] 28 We said, ‘If in the future they say such a thing[e] to us or to our descendants, we will reply, “See the model of the Lord’s altar that our ancestors[f] made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you.”’[g]
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- Joshua 22:27 tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”
- Joshua 22:27 tn Heb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”
- Joshua 22:27 tn Or “peace offerings.”
- Joshua 22:27 tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”
- Joshua 22:28 tn The words “such a thing” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
- Joshua 22:28 tn Heb “fathers.”
- Joshua 22:28 tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”
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