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The Mighty One ,
God ,
the LORD !
The Mighty One ,
God ,
the LORD !
He knows ;
and let Israel itself know !
If it was in rebellion or in breach of faith toward the LORD ,
spare us not today
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for building an altar to turn away from following the LORD ;
or if we did so to offer burnt offerings or cereal offerings or peace offerings on it ,
may the LORD himself take vengeance .
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Nay ,
but we did it from fear that in time to come your children might say to our children , `
What have you to do with the LORD ,
the God of Israel ?
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For the LORD has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you ,
you Reubenites and Gadites ;
you have no portion in the LORD .'
So your children might make our children cease to worship the LORD .
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Therefore we said , `
Let us now build an altar ,
not for burnt offering ,
nor for sacrifice ,
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but to be a witness between us and you ,
and between the generations after us ,
that we do perform the service of the LORD in his presence with our burnt offerings and sacrifices and peace offerings ;
lest your children say to our children in time to come , "
You have no portion in the LORD ."'
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And we thought ,
If this should be said to us or to our descendants in time to come ,
we should say , `
Behold the copy of the altar of the LORD ,
which our fathers made ,
not for burnt offerings ,
nor for sacrifice ,
but to be a witness between us and you .'
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Far be it from us that we should rebel against the LORD ,
and turn away this day from following the LORD by building an altar for burnt offering ,
cereal offering ,
or sacrifice ,
other than the altar of the LORD our God that stands before his tabernacle !"