but that it may be a witness between you and us and our generations after us, that we may perform the service of the Lord before Him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your descendants may not say to our descendants in time to come, “You have no part in the Lord.” ’
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Ye have no part in the Lord. —Something of the kind was insinuated in the abuse of the Gileadites by the men of Ephraim (…

But [that] it [may be] a witness between us and you, and our
generations after us
That …

The tribes took the rebukes of their fellow tribes well. With solemnity and meekness, they proceeded to give all the satisfaction they could offer.…
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