Verse 6

Joshua 22:6

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6 Then Joshua gave them his blessing and sent them away: and they went back to their tents.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַֽ/יְבָרְכֵ֖/ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּחֵ֔/ם וַ/יֵּלְכ֖וּ אֶל אָהֳלֵי/הֶֽם

English Translation

And Joshua blessed them and sent them, and they went to their tents.

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Chapter 22 Context

1 Then Joshua sent for the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Focus ↗

2 And said to them, You have kept all the orders of Moses, the Lord's servant, and have done everythin... Focus ↗

3 You have now been with your brothers for a long time; till this day you have been doing the orders o... Focus ↗

4 And now the Lord your God (Elohim) has given your brothers rest, as he said: so now you may go back... Focus ↗

5 Only take great care to do the orders and the law which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave you; to have... Focus ↗

6 Then Joshua gave them his blessing and sent them away: and they went back to their tents.

7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh, Moses had given a heritage in Bashan; but to the other... Focus ↗

8 And said to them, Go back with much wealth to your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver and... Focus ↗

9 So Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went back, parting from the children of Israel at S... Focus ↗

10 Now when they came to the country by Jordan in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the ch... Focus ↗

11 And news came to the children of Israel, See, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the... Focus ↗

12 Then all the meeting of the children of Israel, hearing this, came together at Shiloh to go up again... Focus ↗

13 And the children of Israel sent Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, to the children of Reuben a... Focus ↗

14 And with him they sent ten chiefs, one for every tribe of the children of Israel, every one of them... Focus ↗

15 And they came to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to t... Focus ↗

16 This is what all the meeting of the people of the Lord has said, What is this wrong which you have d... Focus ↗

17 Was not the sin of Baal-peor great enough, from which we are not clear even to this day, though puni... Focus ↗

18 That now you are turned back from the Lord? and, because you are false to him today, tomorrow his wr... Focus ↗

19 But if the land you now have is unclean, come over into the Lord's land where his House is, and take... Focus ↗

20 Did not Achan, the son of Zerah, do wrong about the cursed thing, causing wrath to come on all the p... Focus ↗

21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh said in answer to... Focus ↗

22 God (Elohim), even God (Elohim) the Lord, God (Elohim), even God (Elohim) the Lord, he sees, and Isr... Focus ↗

23 That we have made ourselves an altar, being false to the Lord, keep us not safe from death this day;... Focus ↗

24 And if we have not, in fact, done this designedly and with purpose, having in our minds the fear tha... Focus ↗

25 For the Lord has made Jordan a line of division between us and you, the children of Reuben and the c... Focus ↗

26 So we said, Let us now make an altar for ourselves, not for burned offerings or for the offerings of... Focus ↗

27 But to be a witness between us and you, and between the future generations, that we have the right o... Focus ↗

28 For we said to ourselves, If they say this to us or to future generations, then we will say, See thi... Focus ↗

29 Never let it be said that we were false to the Lord, turning back this day from him and building an... Focus ↗

30 Then Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the meeting and the heads of the families of Israel who w... Focus ↗

31 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, said to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad... Focus ↗

32 Then Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs went back from the land of Gilead, from... Focus ↗

33 And the children of Israel were pleased about this; and they gave praise to God (Elohim), and had no... Focus ↗

34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad gave to that altar the name of Ed. For, they said... Focus ↗

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Book: Joshua
Chapter: Chapter 22 (34 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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