Joshua 22:22
Good News Translation
"The Mighty One is God! He is the LORD! The Mighty One is God! He is the LORD! He knows why we did this, and we want you to know too! If we rebelled and did not keep faith with the LORD, do not let us live any longer!

New Revised Standard Version
“The LORD, God of gods! The LORD, God of gods! He knows; and let Israel itself know! If it was in rebellion or in breach of faith toward the LORD, do not spare us today

Contemporary English Version
The LORD is the greatest God! We ask him to be our witness, because he knows whether or not we were rebellious or unfaithful when we built that altar. If we were unfaithful, then we pray that God won't rescue us today. Let us tell you why we built that altar,

New American Bible
“The LORD is the God of gods. The LORD, the God of gods, knows and Israel shall know. If now we have acted out of rebellion or treachery against the LORD, our God, do not try to save us this day,

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord the most mighty God, the Lord the most mighty God, he knoweth, and Israel also shall understand: If with the design of transgression we have set up this altar, let him not save us, but punish us immediately:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Lord the most mighty God, the Lord the most mighty God, he knoweth, and Israel also shall understand: If with the design of transgression we have set up this altar, let him not save us, but punish us immediately:

Lord God.

Exodus 18:11 Now I know, that the Lord is great above all gods; because they dealt proudly against them.

Deuteronomy 10:17 Because the Lord your God he is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a great God and mighty and terrible, who accepteth no person nor taketh bribes.

Psalm 82:1 A psalm for Asaph. God hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods.

Psalm 95:3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

Psalm 97:7 Let them be all confounded that adore graven things, and that glory in their idols. Adore him, all you his angels:

Psalm 136:2 Praise ye the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Daniel 2:47 And the king spoke to Daniel, and said: Verily, your God is the God of gods, and Lord of kings, and a revealer of hidden things: seeing thou couldst discover this secret.

Daniel 11:36 And the king shall do according to his will, and he shall be lifted up, and shall magnify himself against every god: and he shall speak great things against the God of gods, and shall prosper, till the wrath be accomplished. For the determination is made.

1 Timothy 6:16 Who only hath immortality and inhabiteth light inaccessible: whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and empire everlasting. Amen.

Revelation 19:16 And he hath on his garment and on his thigh written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

he knoweth

1 Kings 8:39 Then hear thou in heaven, in the place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and do so as to give to every one according to his ways, as thou shalt see his heart (for thou only knowest the heart of all the children of men)

Joshua 10:7 And Joshua went up from Galgal, and all the army of the warriors with him, most valiant men.

Joshua 23:10 One of you shall chase a thousand men of the enemies: because the Lord your God himself will fight for you, as he hath promised.

Psalm 7:3 O Lord, my God, if I have done this thing, if there be iniquity in my hands:

Psalm 44:21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god:

Psalm 139:1-12 Unto the end, a psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me: . . .

Jeremiah 12:3 And thou, O Lord, hast known me, thou hast seen me, and proved my heart with thee: gather them together as for the day of slaughter.

Jeremiah 17:10 I am the Lord who search the heart, and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.

John 2:24,25 But Jesus did not trust himself unto them: for that he knew all men, . . .

John 21:17 He said to him the third time: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he had said to him the third time: Lovest thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Feed my sheep.

Acts 1:24 And praying, they said: Thou, Lord, who knowest the heart of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

2 Corinthians 11:11,31 Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth it. . . .

Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature invisible in his sight: but all things are naked and open to his eyes, to whom our speech is.

Revelation 2:23 And I will kill her children with death: and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts. And I will give to every one of you according to your works. But to you I say

Israel

Psalm 37:6 And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

Micah 7:9 I will bear the wrath of the Lord, because I have sinned against him: until he judge my cause, and execute judgement for me: he will bring me forth into the light, I shall behold his justice.

Malachi 3:18 And you shall return, and shall see the difference between the just and the wicked: and between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

Acts 11:2-18 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, . . .

2 Corinthians 5:11 Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we use persuasion to men: but to God we are manifest. And I trust also that in your consciences we are manifest.

if it be

1 Samuel 15:23 Because it is like the sin of witchcraft, to rebel: and like the crime of idolatry, to refuse to obey. Forasmuch, therefore, as thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord hath also rejected thee from being king.

Job 31:5-8,38-40 If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit: . . .

Psalm 7:3-5 O Lord, my God, if I have done this thing, if there be iniquity in my hands: . . .

Acts 25:11 For if I have injured them or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die. But if there be none of these things whereof they accuse me, no man may deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.

Context
The Offensive Altar
21And the children of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasses answered the princes of the embassage of Israel: 22The Lord the most mighty God, the Lord the most mighty God, he knoweth, and Israel also shall understand: If with the design of transgression we have set up this altar, let him not save us, but punish us immediately:23And if we did it with that mind, that we might lay upon it holocausts, and sacrifice, and victims of peace offerings, let him require and judge:…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:17
Because the Lord your God he is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a great God and mighty and terrible, who accepteth no person nor taketh bribes.

Joshua 22:21
And the children of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasses answered the princes of the embassage of Israel:

1 Kings 8:39
Then hear thou in heaven, in the place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and do so as to give to every one according to his ways, as thou shalt see his heart (for thou only knowest the heart of all the children of men)

Job 10:7
And shouldst know that I have done no wicked thing, whereas there is no man that can deliver out of thy hand?

Psalm 40:9
I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will not restrain my lips: O Lord, thou knowest it.

Psalm 44:21
If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god:

Psalm 50:1
A psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: and he hath called the earth. From the rising of the sun, to the going down thereof:

Joshua 22:21
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