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BSB § Therefore we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’

OEB No OEB JOS 22:28 verse available

WEB “Therefore we said, ‘It shall be, when they tell us or our generations this in time to come, that we shall say, “Behold the pattern of Yahweh’s altar, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.”’

WMB “Therefore we said, ‘It shall be, when they tell us or our generations this in time to come, that we shall say, “Behold the pattern of the LORD’s altar, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.”’

NET We said, ‘If in the future they say such a thing to us or to our descendants, we will reply, “See the model of the Lord’s altar that our ancestors made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you.”’

LSV And we say, And it has been, when they say [so] to us, and to our generations hereafter, that we have said, See the pattern of the altar of YHWH, which our fathers made—not for burnt-offering nor for sacrifice—but it [is] a witness between us and you.

FBV If they were to do so in the future, our descendants could reply, ‘Look at this copy of the Lord's altar which our forefathers made, not for burnt offerings or for sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’

T4T “In the future, if your descendants say that, our descendants can say, ‘Look at the altar that our ancestors made! It is exactly like Yahweh’s altar that our ancestors built, but we do not burn sacrifices on it. It only shows that we are Israelis!’

LEB And we thought, if they say to us and to our children in the future, we can say, ‘Look at this replica of the altar of Yahweh, which our ancestors[fn] made, not for burnt offerings[fn] or sacrifices;[fn] rather, itis a witness between us and you.’

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BBE For we said to ourselves, If they say this to us or to future generations, then we will say, See this copy of the Lord's altar which our fathers made, not for burned offerings or offerings of beasts, but for a witness between us and you.

MOF If ever that is said to us or to our descendants in time to come, we thought the answer would be, ‘There is the pattern of the altar of the Eternal, the pattern made by our fathers, though not for burnt-offering nor for sacrifice; it stands as a witness between us and you!’

JPS Therefore said we: It shall be, when they so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say: Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.

ASV Therefore said we, It shall be, when they so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.

DRA And if they will say so, they shall answer them: Behold the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for holocausts, nor for sacrifice, but for a testimony between us and you.

YLT 'And we say, And it hath been, when they say [so] unto us, and unto our generations hereafter, that we have said, See the pattern of the altar of Jehovah, which our fathers made — not for burnt-offering nor for sacrifice — but a witness it [is] between us and you.

DBY And we said, If it shall be that in future they so say to us and to our generations, we will say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice, but as a witness between us and you.

RV Therefore said we, It shall be, when they so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.

WBS Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they shall so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.

KJB Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.
  (Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you. )

BB Therfore sayde we, that yf they should so say to vs or to our generations in tyme to come: that we wolde say again, Behold the fassion of the aulter of the Lord which our fathers made, neither for burnt offringes nor sacrifices, but for a witnesse betweene vs and you.
  (Therfore said we, that if they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come: that we would say again, Behold the fassion of the altar of the Lord which our fathers made, neither for burnt offringes nor sacrifices, but for a witness between us and you.)

GNV Therefore said we, If so be that they should so say to vs or to our generations in time to come, then will we answere, Beholde the facion of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice, but it is a witnesse betweene vs and you.
  (Therefore said we, If so be that they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, then will we answere, Behold the facion of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice, but it is a witness between us and you. )

CB And we sayde: But yf they shulde speake so vnto vs, or to oure posterities to daye or tomorow, then maye we saye: Beholde the symilitude of ye altare of the LORDE, which oure fathers made, not for sacrifyce, ner for burntofferynge, but for a wytnesse betwene vs and you.
  (And we said: But if they should speak so unto us, or to our posterities to day or tomorow, then may we say: Behold the symilitude of ye/you_all altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for sacrifyce, nor for burntofferynge, but for a witness between us and you.)

WYC And if `youre sones wolen seie this, `oure sones schulen answere hem, Lo! the auter of the Lord, which oure fadris maden, not in to brent sacrifices, nether in to sacrifice, but in to oure and your witnessing euerlastinge.
  (And if `youre sons wolen say this, `oure sons should answer them, Lo! the altar of the Lord, which our fathers maden, not in to burnt sacrifices, neither in to sacrifice, but in to our and your witnessing everlasting.)

LUT Wenn sie aber also zu uns sagen würden oder zu unsern Nachkommen heute oder morgen, so könnten sie sagen: Sehet das Gleichnis des Altars des HErrn, den unsere Väter gemacht haben, nicht zum Opfer noch zum Brandopfer, sondern zum Zeugen zwischen uns und euch.
  (Wenn they/she/them but also to uns say würden or to unsern Nachkommen heute or morgen, so könnten they/she/them say: Sehet the Gleichnis the Altars the HErrn, the unsere Väter made have, not for_the Opfer still for_the Brandopfer, rather for_the Zeugen zwischen uns and you.)

CLV Quod si voluerint dicere, respondebunt eis: Ecce altare Domini, quod fecerunt patres nostri, non in holocausta, neque in sacrificium, sed in testimonium nostrum ac vestrum.
  (That when/but_if voluerint dicere, respondebunt eis: Behold altare Domini, that fecerunt patres nostri, not/no in holocausta, neque in sacrificium, but in testimonium nostrum ac of_you. )

BRN And we said, If ever it should come to pass that they should speak so to us, or to our posterity hereafter; then shall they say, Behold the likeness of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for the sake of burnt-offerings, nor for the sake of meat-offerings, but it is a witness between you and us, and between our sons.

BrLXX Καὶ εἴπαμεν, ἐὰν γένηταί ποτε καὶ λαλήσωσι πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἢ ταῖς γενεαῖς ἡμῶν αὔριον, καὶ ἐροῦσιν, ἴδετε ὁμοίωμα τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου Κυρίου, ὃ ἐποίησαν οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν οὐχ ἕνεκεν καρπωμάτων οὐδὲ ἕνεκεν θυσιῶν, ἀλλὰ μαρτύριόν ἐστιν ἀναμέσον ὑμῶν καὶ ἀναμέσον ἡμῶν, καὶ ἀναμέσον τῶν υἱῶν ἡμῶν.
  (Kai eipamen, ean genaʸtai pote kai lalaʸsōsi pros haʸmas, aʸ tais geneais haʸmōn aurion, kai erousin, idete homoiōma tou thusiastaʸriou Kuriou, ho epoiaʸsan hoi pateres haʸmōn ouⱪ heneken karpōmatōn oude heneken thusiōn, alla marturion estin anameson humōn kai anameson haʸmōn, kai anameson tōn huiōn haʸmōn. )