Joshua 22:34
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And the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad called the altar which they had built, Our testimony, that the Lord is God,

Genesis 31:47
And Laban called it, The witness heap; and Jacob, The hillock of testimony: each of them according to the propriety of his language.

Joshua 24:27
And he said to all the people: Behold this stone shall be a testimony unto you, that it hath heard all the words of the Lord, which he hath spoken to you: lest perhaps hereafter you will deny it, and lie to the Lord your God.

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And the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad called the altar which they had built, Our testimony, that the Lord is God,

Ed.

Joshua 22:27 But for a testimony between us and you, and our posterity and yours, that we may serve the Lord, and that we may have a right to offer both holocausts, and victims and sacrifices of peace offerings: and that your children to morrow may not say to our children: You have no part in the Lord.

Joshua 24:27 And he said to all the people: Behold this stone shall be a testimony unto you, that it hath heard all the words of the Lord, which he hath spoken to you: lest perhaps hereafter you will deny it, and lie to the Lord your God.

1 Kings 18:39 And when all the people saw this, they fell on their faces, and they said: The Lord, he is God; the Lord, he is God.

Isaiah 43:10 You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that you may know, and believe me, and understand that I myself am. Before me there was no God formed, and after me there shall be none.

Matthew 4:10 Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written: The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve.

the Lord is God.

Context
The Offensive Altar
33And the saying pleased all that heard it. And the children of Israel praised God, and they no longer said that they would go up against them, and fight, and destroy the land of their possession. 34And the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad called the altar which they had built, Our testimony, that the Lord is God,
Lexicon
So the Reubenites
בְּנֵי־ (bə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

and Gadites
וּבְנֵי־ (ū·ḇə·nê-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

named
וַֽיִּקְרְא֛וּ (way·yiq·rə·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

the altar [Witness],
לַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ (lam·miz·bê·aḥ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar

[saying],
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

“It
הוּא֙ (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is a witness
עֵ֥ד (‘êḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5707: A witness, testimony, a recorder, prince

between us
בֵּֽינֹתֵ֔ינוּ (bê·nō·ṯê·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

that
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

is God.”
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


Additional Translations
So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, saying, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed : For,'said they , it is a witness between us that Jehovah is God.

And Joshua gave a name to the altar of the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse; and said, It is a testimony in the midst of them, that the Lord is their God.

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad gave a name to the altar; for it is a witness between us that Jehovah is God.

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: For, said they, it is a witness between us that the LORD is God.

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.

The children of Reuben and the children of Gad named the altar "A Witness Between Us that Yahweh is God."

And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad proclaim concerning the altar, that 'it is a witness between us that Jehovah is God.'
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