Joshua 22:28
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Therefore we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’

Young's Literal Translation
‘And we say, And it hath been, when they say [so] unto us, and unto our generations hereafter, that we have said, See the pattern of the altar of Jehovah, which our fathers made—not for burnt-offering nor for sacrifice—but a witness it [is] between us and you.

King James Bible
Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should [so] say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say [again], Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it [is] a witness between us and you.

Hebrew
Therefore we said,
וַנֹּ֕אמֶר (wan·nō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘If they ever
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

say [this]
יֹאמְר֥וּ (yō·mə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to us
אֵלֵ֛ינוּ (’ê·lê·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

or
וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

to our descendants,
דֹּרֹתֵ֖ינוּ (dō·rō·ṯê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling

we will answer:
וְאָמַ֡רְנוּ (wə·’ā·mar·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

Here is
רְא֣וּ (rə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7200: To see

the copy
תַּבְנִית֩ (taḇ·nîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8403: Structure, a model, resemblance

of the altar
מִזְבַּ֨ח (miz·baḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4196: An altar

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

that
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

our fathers
אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 1: Father

made,
עָשׂ֣וּ (‘ā·śū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

not
לֹ֤א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

for burnt offerings
לְעוֹלָה֙ (lə·‘ō·w·lāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering

or sacrifices,
לְזֶ֔בַח (lə·ze·ḇaḥ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2077: A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice

but
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

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

between us
בֵּינֵ֖ינוּ (bê·nê·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

and you.’
וּבֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ (ū·ḇê·nê·ḵem)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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