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Joshua 22:26

Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:

KJV

et diximus : Exstruamus nobis altare, non in holocausta, neque ad victimas offerendas,

Vulgate

καὶ εἴπαμεν ποιῆσαι οὕτως τοῦ οἰκοδομῆσαι τὸν βωμὸν τοῦτον, οὐχ ἕνεκεν καρπωμάτων οὐδὲ ἕνεκεν θυσιῶν,

LXX

Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice:

ASV

וַ/נֹּ֕אמֶר נַעֲשֶׂה נָּ֣א לָ֔/נוּ לִ/בְנ֖וֹת אֶת הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֑חַ לֹ֥א לְ/עוֹלָ֖ה וְ/לֹ֥א לְ/זָֽבַח

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
זֶ֣בַח
zbch
noun · 160×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
mzbch
noun · 402×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
עֹלָ֖ה
'lh
noun · 288×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 19:19 — In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.
  • Judg 6:24 — Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.