Joshua 22:33-34
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
33 The report satisfied the Israelites, who blessed God and decided not to take military action against the Reubenites and Gadites nor to ravage the land where they lived.
34 The Reubenites and the Gadites gave the altar its name[a] as a witness among them that the Lord is God.
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- 22:34 The name of this altar was the Hebrew word for “witness,” ‘ed.
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