Joshua 22:34 KJV — MannaFest

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.

KJV

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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.

WEB

So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”

YLT

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.'

DBT

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad gave a name to the altar; for it is a witness between us that Jehovah isGod.

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Old Testament

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Joshua — The entry narrative — Israel crosses the Jordan, takes the Land through three conquest campaigns, and renews covenant at Shechem. The hinge between Torah's promises and the historical record of those promises unfolding.

Author: Joshua himself at least in part (24:26 — ‘Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God’); later editorial framing traditional
Date: Events c. 1400 BC (early) or 1230 BC (late); compilation across the early-monarchy period

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Joshua 24:27
And 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.
Joshua 22:27
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.
Isaiah 43:10
Ye 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 4:10
Then 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.
1 Kings 18:39
And 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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Isaiah 19:20

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And (which is strange), whereas in most differences that happen there is a fault on both sides, on this there was fault on no side; none (for aught that appears) were to be blamed, but all to be praised.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

); they called it Ed, a witness to that, and no more, a witness of the relation they stood in to God and Israel, and of their concurrence with the rest of the tribes in the same common faith, that Jehovah he is God, he and no other.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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