Verse 16
Joshua 22:16
Young's Literal Translation
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'Thus said all the company of Jehovah, What [is] this trespass which ye have trespassed against the God (Elohim) of Israel, to turn back to-day from after Jehovah, by your building for you an altar, for your rebelling to-day against Jehovah?
Original Language Text
hebrew
כֹּ֣ה אָמְר֞וּ כֹּ֣ל עֲדַ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה מָֽה הַ/מַּ֤עַל הַ/זֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר מְעַלְתֶּם֙ בֵּ/אלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לָ/שׁ֣וּב הַ/יּ֔וֹם מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֖י יְהוָ֑ה בִּ/בְנֽוֹתְ/כֶ֤ם לָ/כֶם֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ לִ/מְרָדְ/כֶ֥ם הַ/יּ֖וֹם בַּ/יהוָֽה
English Translation
Thus spoke all the congregation of the LORD: "What is this sin that you have committed against the God of Israel, turning away today from following the LORD by building an altar for rebellion against the LORD today?"
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Chapter 22 Context
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Then Joshua calleth for the Reubenite, and for the Gadite, and for the half of the tribe of Manasseh...
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and saith unto them, 'Ye -- ye have kept the whole of that which Moses, servant of Jehovah, commande...
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ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, and have kept the charge -- the comman...
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'And, now, Jehovah your God (Elohim) hath given rest to your brethren, as He spake to them; and now,...
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Only, be very watchful to do the command and the law which Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded you,...
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And Joshua blesseth them, and sendeth them away, and they go unto their tents.
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7
And to the half of the tribe of Manasseh hath Moses given, in Bashan, and to its [other] half hath J...
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and speak unto them, saying, 'With great riches turn ye back unto your tents, and with very much cat...
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9
And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, turn back and go...
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10
and they come in unto the districts of the Jordan, which [are] in the land of Canaan, and the sons o...
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11
And the sons of Israel hear, saying, 'Lo, the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of t...
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12
And the sons of Israel hear, and all the company of the sons of Israel is assembled at Shiloh, to go...
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13
and the sons of Israel send unto the sons of Reuben, and unto the sons of Gad, and unto the half of...
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14
and ten princes with him, one prince, one prince, for a house of a father, for all the tribes of Isr...
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15
And they come in unto the sons of Reuben, and unto the sons of Gad, and unto the half of the tribe o...
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16
'Thus said all the company of Jehovah, What [is] this trespass which ye have trespassed against the...
17
Is the iniquity of Peor little to us, from which we have not been cleansed till this day -- and the...
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18
that ye turn back to-day from after Jehovah? and it hath been -- ye rebel to-day against Jehovah --...
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19
'And surely, if the land of your possession is unclean, pass over for you unto the land of the posse...
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20
Did not Achan son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and on all the company of Israel...
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21
And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, answer and speak...
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22
'The God (Elohim) of gods -- Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of gods -- Jehovah, He is knowing, and Israel...
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23
[we are] building for ourselves an altar to turn back from after Jehovah, and if to cause to go up o...
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24
'And if not, from fear of [this] thing we have done it, saying, Hereafter your sons do speak to ours...
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for a border hath Jehovah put between us and you, O sons of Reuben, and sons of Gad -- Jordan; ye ha...
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'And we say, Pray let us prepare for ourselves to build the altar -- not for burnt-offering nor for...
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but a witness it [is] between us and you, and between our generations after us, to do the service of...
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28
'And we say, And it hath been, when they say [so] unto us, and unto our generations hereafter, that...
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29
'Far be it from us to rebel against Jehovah, and to turn back to-day from after Jehovah, to build an...
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30
And Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the company, and the heads of the thousands of Israel, w...
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31
And Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest saith unto the sons of Reuben, and unto the sons of Gad, and...
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32
And Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, turn back from the sons of Reuben, and from...
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33
and the thing is good in the eyes of the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel bless God (Elohim),...
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34
And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad proclaim concerning the altar, that 'it [is] a witness be...
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