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.’

³⁴ And the Reubenites and the Gadites gave the altar this name: A Witness^(A) Between Us—that the Lord is God.

⁴⁸ Laban said, “This heap^(A) is a witness between you and me today.”^(B) That is why it was called Galeed.

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)

¹⁹ “Now write^(A) down this song and teach it to the Israelites and have them sing it, so that it may be a witness^(B) for me against them.

²¹ And when many disasters and calamities come on them,^(A) this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten by their descendants. I know what they are disposed to do,^(B) even before I bring them into the land I promised them on oath.”

²⁶ “Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. There it will remain as a witness against you.^(A)