Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should [so] say to us or to our (p) 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.
(p) They signify a wonderful care that they bore toward their posterity, that they might live in the true service of God.