Genesis 21:30
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30 He said, “These seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand, that this[a] may be a witness for me that I dug this well.”
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Genesis 21:30
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Genesis 31:52
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52 (A)This heap is a witness, and the pillar is a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, to do harm.
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Genesis 31:52
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52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness,(A) that I will not go past this heap to your side to harm you and that you will not go past this heap(B) and pillar to my side to harm me.(C)
Joshua 24:27
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27 And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, (A)this stone shall be a witness against us, for (B)it has heard all the words of the Lord that he spoke to us. Therefore it shall be a witness against you, lest you deal falsely with your God.”
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Joshua 24:27
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27 “See!” he said to all the people. “This stone(A) will be a witness(B) against us. It has heard all the words the Lord has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue(C) to your God.”(D)
Joshua 22:27-28
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27 but to be (A)a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we (B)do perform the service of the Lord in his presence with our burnt offerings and sacrifices and peace offerings, so your children will not say to our children in time to come, “You have no portion in the Lord.”’ 28 And we thought, ‘If this should be said to us or to our descendants in time to come, we should say, “Behold, the copy of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifice, but to be (C)a witness between us and you.”’
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Joshua 22:27-28
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27 On the contrary, it is to be a witness(A) between us and you and the generations that follow, that we will worship the Lord at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices and fellowship offerings.(B) Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no share in the Lord.’
28 “And we said, ‘If they ever say this to us, or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the Lord’s altar, which our ancestors built, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices, but as a witness(C) between us and you.’
Genesis 31:44-48
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44 Come now, (A)let us make a covenant, you and I. (B)And let it be a witness between you and me.” 45 So Jacob (C)took a stone and set it up as a pillar. 46 And Jacob said to his kinsmen, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap. 47 Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha,[a] but Jacob called it Galeed.[b] 48 Laban said, (D)“This heap is a witness between you and me today.” Therefore he named it Galeed,
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- Genesis 31:47 Aramaic the heap of witness
- Genesis 31:47 Hebrew the heap of witness
Genesis 31:44-48
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44 Come now, let’s make a covenant,(A) you and I, and let it serve as a witness between us.”(B)
45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.(C) 46 He said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and piled them in a heap,(D) and they ate there by the heap. 47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.[a](E)
48 Laban said, “This heap(F) is a witness between you and me today.”(G) That is why it was called Galeed.
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- Genesis 31:47 The Aramaic Jegar Sahadutha and the Hebrew Galeed both mean witness heap.
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