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Joshua 22 (WEBP)

[1] Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
[2] and said to them, “You have kept all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, and have listened to my voice in all that I commanded you.
[3] You have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have performed the duty of the commandment of Yahweh your God.
[4] Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them. Therefore now return and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan.
[5] Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
[6] So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.
[7] Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan; but Joshua gave to the other half among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward. Moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them,
[8] and spoke to them, saying, “Return with much wealth to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with bronze, with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the plunder of your enemies with your brothers.”
[9] The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they owned, according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
[10] When they came to the region near the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan, a great altar to look at.
[11] The children of Israel heard this, “Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar along the border of the land of Canaan, in the region around the Jordan, on the side that belongs to the children of Israel.”
[12] When the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.
[13] The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest.
[14] With him were ten princes, one prince of a fathers’ house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were each head of their fathers’ houses among the thousands of Israel.
[15] They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,
[16] “The whole congregation of Yahweh says, ‘What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away today from following Yahweh, in that you have built yourselves an altar, to rebel today against Yahweh?
[17] Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of Yahweh,
[18] that you must turn away today from following Yahweh? It will be, since you rebel today against Yahweh, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
[19] However, if the land of your possession is unclean, then pass over to the land of the possession of Yahweh, in which Yahweh’s tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us; but don’t rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us, in building an altar other than Yahweh our God’s altar.
[20] Didn’t Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? That man didn’t perish alone in his iniquity.’ ”
[21] Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel,
[22] “The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against Yahweh (don’t save us today),
[23] that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Yahweh; or if to offer burnt offering or meal offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings, let Yahweh himself require it.
[24] “If we have not out of concern done this, and for a reason, saying, ‘In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, “What have you to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel?
[25] For Yahweh has made the Jordan a border between us and you, you children of Reuben and children of Gad. You have no portion in Yahweh.” ’ So your children might make our children cease from fearing Yahweh.
[26] “Therefore we said, ‘Let’s now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice;
[27] but it will be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may perform the service of Yahweh before him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings;’ that your children may not tell our children in time to come, ‘You have no portion in Yahweh.’
[28] “Therefore we said, ‘It shall be, when they tell us or our generations this in time to come, that we shall say, “Behold the pattern of Yahweh’s altar, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.” ’
[29] “Far be it from us that we should rebel against Yahweh, and turn away today from following Yahweh, to build an altar for burnt offering, for meal offering, or for sacrifice, besides Yahweh our God’s altar that is before his tabernacle!”
[30] When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.
[31] Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, “Today we know that Yahweh is among us, because you have not committed this trespass against Yahweh. Now you have delivered the children of Israel out of Yahweh’s hand.”
[32] Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
[33] The thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben and the children of Gad lived.
[34] The children of Reuben and the children of Gad named the altar “A Witness Between Us that Yahweh is God.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Joshua 22 (KJVS)

[1] Then Joshua called () the Reubenites , and the Gadites , and the half tribe of Manasseh ,
[2] And said () unto them, Ye have kept () all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded () you, and have obeyed () my voice in all that I commanded () you:
[3] Ye have not left () your brethren these many days unto this day , but have kept () the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God .
[4] And now the LORD your God hath given rest () unto your brethren , as he promised () them: therefore now return () ye, and get () you unto your tents , [and] unto the land of your possession , which Moses the servant of the LORD gave () you on the other side Jordan .
[5] But take diligent heed () to do () the commandment and the law , which Moses the servant of the LORD charged () you, to love () the LORD your God , and to walk () in all his ways , and to keep () his commandments , and to cleave () unto him, and to serve () him with all your heart and with all your soul .
[6] So Joshua blessed () them, and sent them away (): and they went () unto their tents .
[7] Now to the [one] half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given () [possession] in Bashan : but unto the [other] half thereof gave () Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward . And when Joshua sent them away () also unto their tents , then he blessed () them,
[8] And he spake () unto them, saying (), Return () with much riches unto your tents , and with very much cattle , with silver , and with gold , and with brass , and with iron , and with very much () raiment : divide () the spoil of your enemies () with your brethren .
[9] And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned (), and departed () from the children of Israel out of Shiloh , which [is] in the land of Canaan , to go () unto the country of Gilead , to the land of their possession , whereof they were possessed (), according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses .
[10] And when they came () unto the borders of Jordan , that [are] in the land of Canaan , the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built () there an altar by Jordan , a great altar to see to .
[11] And the children of Israel heard () say (), Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built () an altar over against the land of Canaan , in the borders of Jordan , at the passage of the children of Israel .
[12] And when the children of Israel heard () [of it], the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together () at Shiloh , to go up () to war against them.
[13] And the children of Israel sent () unto the children of Reuben , and to the children of Gad , and to the half tribe of Manasseh , into the land of Gilead , Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest ,
[14] And with him ten princes , of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel ; and each one [was] an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel .
[15] And they came () unto the children of Reuben , and to the children of Gad , and to the half tribe of Manasseh , unto the land of Gilead , and they spake () with them, saying (),
[16] Thus saith () the whole congregation of the LORD , What trespass [is] this that ye have committed () against the God of Israel , to turn away () this day from following the LORD , in that ye have builded () you an altar , that ye might rebel () this day against the LORD ?
[17] [Is] the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed () until this day , although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD ,
[18] But that ye must turn away () this day from following the LORD ? and it will be, [seeing] ye rebel () to day against the LORD , that to morrow he will be wroth () with the whole congregation of Israel .
[19] Notwithstanding , if the land of your possession [be] unclean , [then] pass ye over () unto the land of the possession of the LORD , wherein the LORD’S tabernacle dwelleth (), and take possession () among us: but rebel () not against the LORD , nor rebel () against us, in building () you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God .
[20] Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit () a trespass in the accursed thing , and wrath fell () on all the congregation of Israel ? and that man perished () not alone in his iniquity .
[21] Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered (), and said () unto the heads of the thousands of Israel ,
[22] The LORD God of gods , the LORD God of gods , he knoweth (), and Israel he shall know (); if [it be] in rebellion , or if in transgression against the LORD , (save () us not this day ,)
[23] That we have built () us an altar to turn () from following the LORD , or if to offer () thereon burnt offering or meat offering , or if to offer () peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require () [it];
[24] And if we have not [rather] done () it for fear of [this] thing , saying (), In time to come your children might speak () unto our children , saying (), What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel ?
[25] For the LORD hath made () Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad ; ye have no part in the LORD : so shall your children make our children cease () from fearing () the LORD .
[26] Therefore we said (), Let us now prepare () to build () us an altar , not for burnt offering , nor for sacrifice :
[27] But [that] it [may be] a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do () the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings , and with our sacrifices , and with our peace offerings ; that your children may not say () to our children in time to come , Ye have no part in the LORD .
[28] 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.
[29] God forbid that we should rebel () against the LORD , and turn () this day from following the LORD , to build () an altar for burnt offerings , for meat offerings , or for sacrifices , beside the altar of the LORD our God that [is] before his tabernacle .
[30] And when Phinehas the priest , and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which [were] with him, heard () the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake (), it pleased () them.
[31] And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said () unto the children of Reuben , and to the children of Gad , and to the children of Manasseh , This day we perceive () that the LORD [is] among us, because ye have not committed () this trespass against the LORD : now ye have delivered () the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD .
[32] And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest , and the princes , returned () from the children of Reuben , and from the children of Gad , out of the land of Gilead , unto the land of Canaan , to the children of Israel , and brought them word again ().
[33] And the thing pleased () the children of Israel ; and the children of Israel blessed () God , and did not intend () to go up () against them in battle , to destroy () the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt ().
[34] And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called () the altar [Ed]: for it [shall be] a witness between us that the LORD [is] God .

Young’s Literal Translation

Joshua 22 (YLT)

[1] Then Joshua calleth for the Reubenite, and for the Gadite, and for the half of the tribe of Manasseh,
[2] and saith unto them, ‘Ye-ye have kept the whole of that which Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded you, and ye hearken to my voice, to all that I have commanded you;
[3] ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, and have kept the charge-the command of Jehovah your God.
[4] ‘And, now, Jehovah your God hath given rest to your brethren, as He spake to them; and now, turn ye, and go for yourselves to your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses, servant of Jehovah, hath given to you beyond the Jordan.
[5] Only, be very watchful to do the command and the law which Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, and to cleave to Him, and to serve Him, with all your heart, and with all your soul.’
[6] And Joshua blesseth them, and sendeth them away, and they go unto their tents.
[7] And to the half of the tribe of Manasseh hath Moses given, in Bashan, and to its other half hath Joshua given with their brethren beyond the Jordan westward; and also when Joshua hath sent them away unto their tents, then he doth bless them,
[8] and speak unto them, saying, ‘With great riches turn ye back unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment; divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.’
[9] And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, turn back and go from the sons of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the land of Gilead, unto the land of their possession, in which they have possession, according to the command of Jehovah, by the hand of Moses;
[10] and they come in unto the districts of the Jordan, which are in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, build there an altar by the Jordan-a great altar for appearance.
[11] And the sons of Israel hear, saying, ‘Lo, the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, have built the altar over-against the land of Canaan, on the districts of the Jordan, at the passage of the sons of Israel.’
[12] And the sons of Israel hear, and all the company of the sons of Israel is assembled at Shiloh, to go up against them to war;
[13] and the sons of Israel send unto the sons of Reuben, and unto the sons of Gad, and unto the half of the tribe of Manasseh-unto the land of Gilead-Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest,
[14] and ten princes with him, one prince, one prince, for a house of a father, for all the tribes of Israel, and each of them a head of a house of their fathers, for the thousands of Israel.
[15] And they come in unto the sons of Reuben, and unto the sons of Gad, and unto the half of the tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and speak with them, saying,
[16] ‘Thus said all the company of Jehovah, What is this trespass which ye have trespassed against the God of Israel, to turn back to-day from after Jehovah, by your building for you an altar, for your rebelling to-day against Jehovah?
[17] Is the iniquity of Peor little to us, from which we have not been cleansed till this day-and the plague is in the company of Jehovah,
[18] that ye turn back to-day from after Jehovah? and it hath been-ye rebel to-day against Jehovah-and to-morrow against all the company of Israel He is wroth.
[19] ‘And surely, if the land of your possession is unclean, pass over for you unto the land of the possession of Jehovah, where the tabernacle of Jehovah hath tabernacled, and have possession in our midst; and against Jehovah rebel not, and against us rebel not, by your building for you an altar, besides the altar of Jehovah our God.
[20] Did not Achan son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and on all the company of Israel there was wrath? and he alone expired not in his iniquity.’
[21] And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, answer and speak with the heads of the thousands of Israel:
[22] ‘The God of gods-Jehovah, the God of gods-Jehovah, He is knowing, and Israel, he doth know, if in rebellion, and if in trespass against Jehovah (Thou dost not save us this day!)
[23] we are building for ourselves an altar to turn back from after Jehovah, and if to cause to go up on it burnt-offering and present, and if to make on it peace-offerings-Jehovah Himself doth require it.
[24] ‘And if not, from fear of this thing we have done it, saying, Hereafter your sons do speak to ours sons, saying, What to you and to Jehovah God of Israel?
[25] for a border hath Jehovah put between us and you, O sons of Reuben, and sons of Gad-Jordan; ye have no portion in Jehovah-and your sons have caused our sons to cease, not to fear Jehovah.
[26] ‘And we say, Pray let us prepare for ourselves to build the altar-not for burnt-offering nor for sacrifice-
[27] but a witness it is between us and you, and between our generations after us, to do the service of Jehovah before Him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings, and your sons do not say hereafter to our sons, Ye have no portion in Jehovah.
[28] ‘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.
[29] ‘Far be it from us to rebel against Jehovah, and to turn back to-day from after Jehovah, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for present, and for sacrifice, apart from the altar of Jehovah our God, which is before His tabernacle.’
[30] And Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the company, and the heads of the thousands of Israel, who are with him, hear the words which the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh have spoken, and it is good in their eyes.
[31] And Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest saith unto the sons of Reuben, and unto the sons of Gad, and unto the sons of Manasseh, ‘To-day we have known that Jehovah is in our midst, because ye have not committed against Jehovah this trespass-then ye have delivered the sons of Israel out of the hand of Jehovah.’
[32] And Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, turn back from the sons of Reuben, and from the sons of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, unto the sons of Israel, and bring them back word;
[33] and the thing is good in the eyes of the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel bless God, and have not said to go up against them to war, to destroy the land which the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, are dwelling in.
[34] And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad proclaim concerning the altar, that ‘it is a witness between us that Jehovah is God.’