²⁴ So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called^(A) it The Lord Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah^(B) of the Abiezrites.

¹⁵ Moses built an altar^(A) and called^(B) it The Lord is my Banner.

¹⁴ So Abraham called^(A) that place The Lord^(B) Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.^(C)”

³² Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age^(A) and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

³⁵ “The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits.^[a]

“And the name of the city from that time on will be:

⁴ Early the next day the people built an altar and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.^(A)

²⁶ “That is why we said, ‘Let us get ready and build an altar—but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.’ 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.’