44 Come now, let’s make a covenant,(A) you and I, and let it serve as a witness between us.”(B)

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44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

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44 Now therefore, come, (A)let us make a [a]covenant, (B)you and I, and let it be a witness between you and me.”

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  1. Genesis 31:44 treaty

47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.[a](A)

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  1. Genesis 31:47 The Aramaic Jegar Sahadutha and the Hebrew Galeed both mean witness heap.

47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

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47 Laban called it [a]Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it [b]Galeed.

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  1. Genesis 31:47 Lit., in Aram., Heap of Witness
  2. Genesis 31:47 Lit., in Heb., Heap of Witness

48 Laban said, “This heap(A) is a witness between you and me today.”(B) That is why it was called Galeed.

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48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

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48 And Laban said, (A)“This heap is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore its name was called Galeed,

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50 If you mistreat(A) my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness(B) between you and me.”(C)

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50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.

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50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us—see, God is witness between you and me!”

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52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness,(A) that I will not go past this heap to your side to harm you and that you will not go past this heap(B) and pillar to my side to harm me.(C)

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52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

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52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass beyond this heap to you, and you will not pass beyond this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.

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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.’

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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.

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27 but that it may be (A)a [a]witness between you and us and our generations after us, that we may (B)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.” ’

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  1. Joshua 22:27 testimony

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(A) between us and you.’

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28 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.

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28 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.’

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34 And the Reubenites and the Gadites gave the altar this name: A Witness(A) Between Us—that the Lord is God.

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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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34 The children of Reuben and the children of [a]Gad called the altar, Witness, “For it is a witness between us that the Lord is God.”

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  1. Joshua 22:34 LXX adds and half the tribe of Manasseh

27 “See!” he said to all the people. “This stone(A) will be a witness(B) against us. It has heard all the words the Lord has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue(C) to your God.”(D)

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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.

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27 And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be (A)a witness to us, for (B)it has heard all the words of the Lord which He spoke to us. It shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.”

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