KJV King James Version
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar [Ed]: for it [shall be] a witness between us that the LORD [is] God.
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Joshua 22:34
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar [Ed]: for it [shall be] a witness between us that the LORD [is] God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”
WEB World English Bible
The children of Reuben and the children of Gad named the altar “A Witness Between Us that Yahweh is God.”
ASV American Standard Version
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: For, said they, it is a witness between us that Jehovah is God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad proclaim concerning the altar, that ‘it is a witness between us that Jehovah is God.’
Surrounding context — Joshua 22
31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD [is] among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.
32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar [Ed]: for it [shall be] a witness between us that the LORD [is] God.
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וַֽיִּקְרְא֛וּH7121 · qa.rato call: call toבְּנֵי־H1121 · benson: childרְאוּבֵ֥ןH7205 · re.u.venReubenוּבְנֵי־H1121 · benson: childגָ֖דH1410 · gadGadלַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַH4196 · miz.be.achaltarכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforעֵ֥דH5707 · edwitnessהוּא֙H1931 · huhe/she/itבֵּֽינֹתֵ֔ינוּH996 · ba.yinbetweenכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDהָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ פH430 · e.lo.himGod
Cross-references
Joshua 22:27But [that] it [may be] a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.Isaiah 43:10Ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I [am] he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.Matthew 4:10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.Joshua 24:27And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.1 Kings 18:39And when all the people saw [it], they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he [is] the God; the LORD, he [is] the God.
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