Joshua 22:24
And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the Lord God of Israel?
Context
This verse from Joshua Chapter 22 connects to 5 cross-references. Joshua commends the Transjordanian tribes for their military service and sends them home with instructions to love God and keep his commandments. The tribes build a large altar by the Jordan, which the western tribes interpret as rebellion and prepare …
Other Translations
and if we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with Jehovah, the God of Israel?
`And if not, from fear of <FI>this<Fi> thing we have done it, saying, Hereafter your sons do speak to ours sons, saying, What to you and to Jehovah God of Israel?
And if we have not, in fact, done this designedly and with purpose, having in our minds the fear that in time to come your children might say to our children, What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?
Cross References
And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt …
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For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the …
That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, …