LEB(i)
26 So we said, 'Let us build immediately for ourselves an altar, not for burnt offerings* or for sacrifices;*
27 instead, it is a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us for performing the serving of Yahweh in his presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and fellowship offerings; so that your children may not say in the future to our children, "You have no portion in Yahweh." '
28 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* made, not for burnt offerings* or sacrifices;* rather, it is a witness between us and you.'