Joshua 22:26-34

Joshua 22:26-34

[26] Therefore we said,  Let us now prepare  to build  us an altar,  not for burnt offering,  nor for sacrifice:  [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.  [28] Therefore said  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  [29] God forbid  that we should rebel  against the LORD,  and turn  this day  from following  the LORD,  to build  an altar  for burnt offerings,  for meat offerings,  or for sacrifices,  beside the altar  of the LORD  our God  that is before  his tabernacle.  [30] And when Phinehas  the priest,  and the princes  of the congregation  and heads  of the thousands  of Israel  which were with him, heard  the words  that the children  of Reuben  and the children  of Gad  and the children  of Manasseh  spake,  it pleased  [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,  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.