Joshua 22 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[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.”

King James Version

^[1] Then JoshuaH3091 calledH7121(QalImpf) the Reubenites,H7206 and the Gadites,H1425 and the halfH2677 tribeH4294 of Manasseh,H4519 ^[2] And saidH559(QalImpf) unto them, Ye have keptH8104(QalPerf) all that MosesH4872 the servantH5650 of the LordH3068 commandedH6680(PielPerf) you, and have obeyedH8085(QalImpf) my voiceH6963 in all that I commandedH6680(PielPerf) you: ^[3] Ye have not leftH5800(QalPerf) your brethrenH251 these manyH7227 daysH3117 unto this day,H3117 but have keptH8104(QalPerf) the chargeH4931 of the commandmentH4687 of the LordH3068 your God.H430 ^[4] And now the LordH3068 your GodH430 hath given restH5117(HiphPerf) unto your brethren,H251 as he promisedH1696(PielPerf) them: therefore now returnH6437(QalImpv) ye, and getH3212(QalImpv) you unto your tents,H168 [and] unto the landH776 of your possession,H272 which MosesH4872 the servantH5650 of the LordH3068 gaveH5414(QalPerf) you on the other sideH5676 Jordan.H3383 ^[5] But take diligentH3966 heedH8104(QalImpv) to doH6213(QalInf) the commandmentH4687 and the law,H8451 which MosesH4872 the servantH5650 of the LordH3068 chargedH6680(PielPerf) you, to loveH157(QalInf) the LordH3068 your God,H430 and to walkH3212(QalInf) in all his ways,H1870 and to keepH8104(QalInf) his commandments,H4687 and to cleaveH1692(QalInf) unto him, and to serveH5647(QalInf) him with all your heartH3824 and with all your soul.H5315 ^[6] So JoshuaH3091 blessedH1288(PielImpf) them, and sent them away:H7971(PielImpf) and they wentH3212(QalImpf) unto their tents.H168 ^[7] Now to the [one] halfH2677 of the tribeH7626 of ManassehH4519 MosesH4872 had givenH5414(QalPerf) [possession] in Bashan:H1316 but unto the [other] halfH2677 thereof gaveH5414(QalPerf) JoshuaH3091 amongH5973 their brethrenH251 on this sideH5676 JordanH3383 westward.H3220 And when JoshuaH3091 sent them awayH7971(PielPerf) also unto their tents,H168 then he blessedH1288(PielImpf) them, ^[8] And he spakeH559(QalImpf) unto them, saying,H559(QalInf) ReturnH7725(QalImpv) with muchH7227 richesH5233 unto your tents,H168 and with veryH3966 muchH7227 cattle,H4735 with silver,H3701 and with gold,H2091 and with brass,H5178 and with iron,H1270 and with veryH3966 muchH7235(HiphInf) raiment:H8008 divideH2505(QalImpv) the spoilH7998 of your enemiesH341(QalActPtc) with your brethren.H251 ^[9] And the childrenH1121 of ReubenH7205 and the childrenH1121 of GadH1410 and the halfH2677 tribeH7626 of ManassehH4519 returned,H7725(QalImpf) and departedH3212(QalImpf) from the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 out of Shiloh,H7887 which [is] in the landH776 of Canaan,H3667 to goH3212(QalInf) unto the countryH776 of Gilead,H1568 to the landH776 of their possession,H272 whereof they were possessed,H270(NiphPerf) according to the wordH6310 of the LordH3068 by the handH3027 of Moses.H4872 ^[10] And when they cameH935(QalImpf) unto the bordersH1552 of Jordan,H3383 that [are] in the landH776 of Canaan,H3667 the childrenH1121 of ReubenH7205 and the childrenH1121 of GadH1410 and the halfH2677 tribeH7626 of ManassehH4519 builtH1129(QalImpf) there an altarH4196 by Jordan,H3383 a greatH1419 altarH4196 to see to.H4758 ^[11] And the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 heardH8085(QalImpf) say,H559(QalInf) Behold, the childrenH1121 of ReubenH7205 and the childrenH1121 of GadH1410 and the halfH2677 tribeH7626 of ManassehH4519 have builtH1129(QalPerf) an altarH4196 over againstH4136 the landH776 of Canaan,H3667 in the bordersH1552 of Jordan,H3383 at the passageH5676 of the childrenH1121 of Israel.H3478 ^[12] And when the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 heardH8085(QalImpf) [of it], the whole congregationH5712 of the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 gathered themselves togetherH6950(NiphImpf) at Shiloh,H7887 to go upH5927(QalInf) to warH6635 against them. ^[13] And the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 sentH7971(QalImpf) unto the childrenH1121 of Reuben,H7205 and to the childrenH1121 of Gad,H1410 and to the halfH2677 tribeH7626 of Manasseh,H4519 into the landH776 of Gilead,H1568 PhinehasH6372 the sonH1121 of EleazarH499 the priest,H3548 ^[14] And with him tenH6235 princes,H5387 of eachH259 chiefH5387 houseH1004 a princeH1 throughout all the tribesH4294 of Israel;H3478 and each oneH376 [was] an headH7218 of the houseH1004 of their fathersH1 among the thousandsH505 of Israel.H3478 ^[15] And they cameH935(QalImpf) unto the childrenH1121 of Reuben,H7205 and to the childrenH1121 of Gad,H1410 and to the halfH2677 tribeH7626 of Manasseh,H4519 unto the landH776 of Gilead,H1568 and they spakeH1696(PielImpf) with them, saying,H559(QalInf) ^[16] Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the whole congregationH5712 of the Lord,H3068 What trespassH4604 [is] this that ye have committedH4603(QalPerf) against the GodH430 of Israel,H3478 to turn awayH7725(QalInf) this dayH3117 from followingH310 the Lord,H3068 in that ye have buildedH1129(QalInf) you an altar,H4196 that ye might rebelH4775(QalInf) this dayH3117 against the Lord?H3068 ^[17] [Is] the iniquityH5771 of PeorH6465 too littleH4592 for us, from which we are not cleansedH2891(HithPerf) until this day,H3117 although there was a plagueH5063 in the congregationH5712 of the Lord,H3068 ^[18] But that ye must turn awayH7725(QalImpf) this dayH3117 from followingH310 the Lord?H3068 and it will be, [seeing] ye rebelH4775(QalImpf) to dayH3117 against the Lord,H3068 that to morrowH4279 he will be wrothH7107(QalImpf) with the whole congregationH5712 of Israel.H3478 ^[19] Notwithstanding,H389 if the landH776 of your possessionH272 [be] unclean,H2931 [then] pass ye overH5674(QalImpv) unto the landH776 of the possessionH272 of the Lord,H3068 wherein the Lord’sH3068 tabernacleH4908 dwelleth,H7931(QalPerf) and take possessionH270(NiphImpv) amongH8432 us: but rebelH4775(QalImpf) not against the Lord,H3068 norH408 rebelH4775(QalImpf) against us, in buildingH1129(QalInf) you an altarH4196 besideH1107 the altarH4196 of the LordH3068 our God.H430 ^[20] Did not AchanH5912 the sonH1121 of ZerahH2226 commitH4603(QalPerf) a trespassH4604 in the accursed thing,H2764 and wrathH7110 fellH1961(QalPerf) on all the congregationH5712 of Israel?H3478 and that manH376 perishedH1478(QalPerf) not aloneH259 in his iniquity.H5771 ^[21] Then the childrenH1121 of ReubenH7205 and the childrenH1121 of GadH1410 and the halfH2677 tribeH7626 of ManassehH4519 answered,H6030(QalImpf) and saidH1696(PielImpf) unto the headsH7218 of the thousandsH505 of Israel,H3478 ^[22] The LordH3068 GodH410 of gods,H430 the LordH3068 GodH410 of gods,H430 he knoweth,H3045(QalActPtc) and IsraelH3478 he shall know;H3045(QalImpf) if [it be] in rebellion,H4777 or if in transgressionH4604 against the Lord,H3068 (saveH3467(HiphImpf) us not this day,H3117) ^[23] That we have builtH1129(QalInf) us an altarH4196 to turnH7725(QalInf) from followingH310 the Lord,H3068 or if to offerH5927(HiphInf) thereon burnt offeringH5930 or meat offering,H4503 or if to offerH6213(QalInf) peaceH8002 offeringsH2077 thereon, let the LordH3068 himself requireH1245(PielImpf) [it]; ^[24] And if we have not [rather] doneH6213(QalPerf) it for fearH1674 of [this] thing,H1697 saying,H559(QalInf) In time to comeH4279 your childrenH1121 might speakH559(QalImpf) unto our children,H1121 saying,H559(QalInf) What have ye to do with the LordH3068 GodH430 of Israel?H3478 ^[25] For the LordH3068 hath madeH5414(QalPerf) JordanH3383 a borderH1366 between us and you, ye childrenH1121 of ReubenH7205 and childrenH1121 of Gad;H1410 ye have no partH2506 in the Lord:H3068 so shall your childrenH1121 makeH7673 our childrenH1121 ceaseH7673(HiphPerf) fromH1115 fearingH3372(QalInf) the Lord.H3068 ^[26] Therefore we said,H559(QalImpf) Let us now prepareH6213(QalImpf) to buildH1129(QalInf) us an altar,H4196 not for burnt offering,H5930 nor for sacrifice:H2077 ^[27] But [that] it [may be] a witnessH5707 between us, and you, and our generationsH1755 afterH310 us, that we might doH5647(QalInf) the serviceH5656 of the LordH3068 beforeH6440 him with our burnt offerings,H5930 and with our sacrifices,H2077 and with our peace offerings;H8002 that your childrenH1121 may not sayH559(QalImpf) to our childrenH1121 in time to come,H4279 Ye have no partH2506 in the Lord.H3068 ^[28] Therefore saidH559(QalImpf) we, that it shall be, when they should [so] sayH559(QalImpf) to us or to our generationsH1755 in time to come,H4279 that we may sayH559(QalPerf) [again], BeholdH7200(QalImpv) the patternH8403 of the altarH4196 of the Lord,H3068 which our fathersH1 made,H6213(QalPerf) not for burnt offerings,H5930 nor for sacrifices;H2077 but it [is] a witnessH5707 between us and you. ^[29] God forbidH2486 that we should rebelH4775(QalInf) against the Lord,H3068 and turnH7725(QalInf) this dayH3117 from followingH310 the Lord,H3068 to buildH1129(QalInf) an altarH4196 for burnt offerings,H5930 for meat offerings,H4503 or for sacrifices,H2077 beside the altarH4196 of the LordH3068 our GodH430 that [is] beforeH6440 his tabernacle.H4908 ^[30] And when PhinehasH6372 the priest,H3548 and the princesH5387 of the congregationH5712 and headsH7218 of the thousandsH505 of IsraelH3478 which [were] with him, heardH8085(QalImpf) the wordsH1697 that the childrenH1121 of ReubenH7205 and the childrenH1121 of GadH1410 and the childrenH1121 of ManassehH4519 spake,H1696(PielPerf) it pleasedH3190(QalImpf) them. ^[31] And PhinehasH6372 the sonH1121 of EleazarH499 the priestH3548 saidH559(QalImpf) unto the childrenH1121 of Reuben,H7205 and to the childrenH1121 of Gad,H1410 and to the childrenH1121 of Manasseh,H4519 This dayH3117 we perceiveH3045(QalPerf) that the LordH3068 [is] amongH8432 us, because ye have not committedH4603(QalPerf) this trespassH4604 against the Lord:H3068 nowH227 ye have deliveredH5337(HiphPerf) the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 out of the handH3027 of the Lord.H3068 ^[32] And PhinehasH6372 the sonH1121 of EleazarH499 the priest,H3548 and the princes,H5387 returnedH7725(QalImpf) from the childrenH1121 of Reuben,H7205 and from the childrenH1121 of Gad,H1410 out of the landH776 of Gilead,H1568 unto the landH776 of Canaan,H3667 to the childrenH1121 of Israel,H3478 and broughtH7725 them wordH1697 again.H7725(HiphImpf) ^[33] And the thingH1697 pleasedH3190(QalImpf) the childrenH1121 of Israel;H3478 and the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 blessedH1288(PielImpf) God,H430 and did not intendH559(QalPerf) to go upH5927(QalInf) against them in battle,H6635 to destroyH7843(PielInf) the landH776 wherein the childrenH1121 of ReubenH7205 and GadH1410 dwelt.H3427(QalActPtc) ^[34] And the childrenH1121 of ReubenH7205 and the childrenH1121 of GadH1410 calledH7121(QalImpf) the altarH4196 [Ed]: for it [shall be] a witnessH5707 between us that the LordH3068 [is] God.H430

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