Joshua 22:27-28,34
Joshua 22:27-28 The Message (MSG)
“We built this altar as a witness between us and you and our children coming after us, a witness to the Altar where we worship GOD in his Sacred Dwelling with our Whole-Burnt-Offerings and our sacrifices and our Peace-Offerings. “This way, your children won’t be able to say to our children in the future, ‘You have no part in GOD.’ “We said to ourselves, ‘If anyone speaks disparagingly to us or to our children in the future, we’ll say: Look at this model of GOD’s Altar which our ancestors made. It’s not for Whole-Burnt-Offerings, not for sacrifices. It’s a witness connecting us with you.’
Joshua 22:34 The Message (MSG)
Reuben and Gad named the altar: A Witness Between Us. GOD Alone Is God.
Joshua 22:27-28 King James Version (KJV)
but 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. Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.
Joshua 22:34 King James Version (KJV)
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.
Joshua 22:27-28 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
rather it shall be a witness between us and you and between our generations after us, that we are to perform the service of the LORD before Him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices and with our peace offerings, so that your sons will not say to our sons in time to come, “You have no portion in the LORD.” ’ Therefore we said, ‘It shall also come about if they say this to us or to our generations in time to come, then we shall say, “See the copy of the altar of the LORD which our fathers made, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice; rather it is a witness between us and you.” ’
Joshua 22:34 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar Witness; “For,” they said, “it is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”
Joshua 22:27-28 New Century Version (NCV)
This altar is proof to you and us and to all our children who will come after us that we worship the LORD with our whole burnt offerings, grain, and fellowship offerings. This was so your children would not say to our children, ‘You are not the LORD’s.’ “In the future if your children say that, our children can say, ‘See the altar made by our ancestors. It is exactly like the LORD’s altar, but we do not use it for sacrifices. It shows that we are part of Israel.’
Joshua 22:34 New Century Version (NCV)
And the people of Reuben and Gad named the altar Proof That We Believe the LORD Is God.
Joshua 22:27-28 American Standard Version (ASV)
but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of Jehovah 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 portion in Jehovah. Therefore said we, It shall be, when they so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.
Joshua 22:34 American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Joshua 22:27-28 New International Version (NIV)
On the contrary, it is to be a witness 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. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD.’ “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 between us and you.’
Joshua 22:34 New International Version (NIV)
And the Reubenites and the Gadites gave the altar this name: A Witness Between Us—that the LORD is God.
Joshua 22:27-28 New King James Version (NKJV)
but that it may be a witness between you and us and our generations after us, that we may perform the service of the LORD before Him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your descendants may not say to our descendants in time to come, “You have no part in the LORD.” ’ Therefore we said that it will be, when they say this to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say, ‘Here is the replica of the altar of the LORD which our fathers made, though not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between you and us.’
Joshua 22:34 New King James Version (NKJV)
The children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar, Witness, “For it is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”
Joshua 22:27-28 Amplified Bible (AMP)
but to be a witness between us and you and between the generations after us, that we are to perform the service of the LORD before Him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices and with our peace offerings, so that your sons (descendants) will not say to our sons in time to come, “You have no part in the LORD.” ’ So we said, ‘If your descendants should say this to us or to our descendants in time to come, then we can reply, “See the copy of the altar of the LORD which our fathers made, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice, but rather it is a witness between us and you.” ’
Joshua 22:34 Amplified Bible (AMP)
The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar Witness; “For it is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”
Joshua 22:27-28 New Living Translation (NLT)
but as a memorial. It will remind our descendants and your descendants that we, too, have the right to worship the LORD at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings. Then your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no claim to the LORD.’ “If they say this, our descendants can reply, ‘Look at this copy of the LORD’s altar that our ancestors made. It is not for burnt offerings or sacrifices; it is a reminder of the relationship both of us have with the LORD.’
Joshua 22:34 New Living Translation (NLT)
The people of Reuben and Gad named the altar “Witness,” for they said, “It is a witness between us and them that the LORD is our God, too.”
Joshua 22:27-28 The Passion Translation (TPT)
We built this altar to show to our people and to your people and to the generations to come that we will worship YAHWEH at his tabernacle. We will bring all our offerings into YAHWEH’s presence there so that your children may never say to our children in the future, ‘You have no part in the worship of YAHWEH.’ We have decided among us that if that day should ever come, our descendants would reply: ‘See the replica of the altar of YAHWEH, which our fathers made here at the border between us—not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness that we both serve the same God.’
Joshua 22:34 The Passion Translation (TPT)
The Reubenites and the Gadites called the altar Witness, for they said, “The altar stands as a witness to us all that YAHWEH is God.”
Joshua 22:27-28 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
but to be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we 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.”’ 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 a witness between us and you.”’