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"So just the opposite is true. The altar will be a witness between us and you. It will be a witness between our children and yours after us. It will also be a witness that we will worship the Lord at his sacred tent. We'll worship him there with our burnt offerings, sacrifices and friendship offerings. Then in days to come your children won't be able to say to ours, 'You don't have anything to do with the Lord.'
Reference
Hebrew: kᵉnêmâʼ
so or thus
Greek: ἔνδικος (éndikos)
in the right, i.e. equitable
Hebrew: tsaddîyq
just
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ἀληθινός (alēthinós)
truthful
Hebrew: tsᵉdâʼ
a (sinister) design
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: θυσιαστήριον (thysiastḗrion)
a place of sacrifice, i.e. an altar (special or genitive case, literal or figurative)
Hebrew: ʼăriʼêyl
the altar of the temple
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: ἤμην (ḗmēn)
I was
Hebrew: hâvâʼ
to be (in the sense of existence)
Hebrew: ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Hebrew: ʻêd
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
Greek: μεταξύ (metaxý)
betwixt (of place or person); (of time) as adjective, intervening, or (by implication) adjoining
Greek: ἡμεῖς (hēmeîs)
we (only used when emphatic)
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: ἤμην (ḗmēn)
I was
Hebrew: hâvâʼ
to be (in the sense of existence)
Hebrew: ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Hebrew: ʻêd
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
Greek: μεταξύ (metaxý)
betwixt (of place or person); (of time) as adjective, intervening, or (by implication) adjoining
Greek: ἡμῖν (hēmîn)
to (or for, with, by) us
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: ὑπάρχω (hypárchō)
to begin under (quietly), i.e. come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, participle, adverb or preposition, or as an auxiliary to a principal (verb)
Hebrew: ʼăthar
a place; (adverb) after
Greek: ἡμεῖς (hēmeîs)
we (only used when emphatic)
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: δή (dḗ)
a particle of emphasis or explicitness; now, then, etc.
Hebrew: ʼôw
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
Greek: ἤμην (ḗmēn)
I was
Hebrew: hâvâʼ
to be (in the sense of existence)
Hebrew: ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Hebrew: ʻêd
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Hebrew: ʼănûw
we
Greek: ἐθελοθρησκεία (ethelothrēskeía)
voluntary (arbitrary and unwarranted) piety, i.e. sanctimony
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ῥαββονί (rhabboní)
God
Hebrew: ʼâdôwn
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
Hebrew: ʼêtsel
a side; (as a preposition) near
Greek: τοῦ (toû)
sometimes used for G5127 (τούτου); of this person
Hebrew: qubbâh
a pavilion (as a domed cavity)
Hebrew: ʼănûw
we
Greek: σεβάζομαι (sebázomai)
to venerate, i.e. adore
Hebrew: çᵉgid
{to prostrate oneself (in homage)}
Greek: τοῦτον (toûton)
this (person, as objective of verb or preposition)
Greek: ἐκεῖ (ekeî)
there; by extension, thither
Greek: ἡμῖν (hēmîn)
to (or for, with, by) us
Hebrew: mâzeh
exhausted
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: φιλία (philía)
fondness
Greek: τοίνυν (toínyn)
truly now, i.e. accordingly
Hebrew: ʼăzay
at that time
Greek: ἐνίστημι (enístēmi)
to place on hand, i.e. (reflexively) impend, (participle) be instant
Hebrew: mᵉṭâʼ
to arrive, extend or happen
Greek: ἐξισχύω (exischýō)
to have full strength, i.e. be entirely competent
Hebrew: yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
Greek: ἀποφθέγγομαι (apophthéngomai)
to enunciate plainly, i.e. declare
Hebrew: mâlal
to speak (mostly poetical) or say
Greek: κατέχω (katéchō)
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Greek: κατατίθημι (katatíthēmi)
to place down, i.e. deposit (literally or figuratively)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ῥαββονί (rhabboní)
God
Hebrew: ʼâdôwn
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
Verse Explanation
They said the altar would serve as a witness between their descendants and the descendants of the other tribes. It would show that they worshiped the same God even though they lived in different territories.
History
The altar represented unity and remembrance rather than a new place of worship.