Verse 30

Joshua 22:30

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30 Then Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the meeting and the heads of the families of Israel who were with him, hearing what the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh said, were pleased.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֞ע פִּֽינְחָ֣ס הַ/כֹּהֵ֗ן וּ/נְשִׂיאֵ֨י הָ/עֵדָ֜ה וְ/רָאשֵׁ֨י אַלְפֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֔/וֹ אֶת הַ֨/דְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר דִּבְּר֛וּ בְּנֵי רְאוּבֵ֥ן וּ/בְנֵי גָ֖ד וּ/בְנֵ֣י מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וַ/יִּיטַ֖ב בְּ/עֵינֵי/הֶֽם

English Translation

And Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the congregation and the heads of thousands of Israel who were with him heard the words that the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasseh spoke, and it was good in their eyes.

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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. Focus ↗

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...

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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