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33 What they said pleased the people of Israel, so they[a] blessed God and said no more about going up to attack them in war and to destroy the land where the descendants of Reuben and the descendants of Gad were living. 34 The descendants of Reuben and the descendants of Gad named the altar “Witness,” because they claimed,[b] “It stands as a witness between us that the Lord is God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 22:33 Lit. the Israelis
  2. Joshua 22:34 The Heb. lacks they claimed

33 They were glad to hear the report and praised God.(A) And they talked no more about going to war against them to devastate the country where the Reubenites and the Gadites lived.

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

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