Verse 1

Joshua 22:1

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1 Then Joshua summoned the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Original Language Text

hebrew

אָ֚ז יִקְרָ֣א יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ לָ/רֽאוּבֵנִ֖י וְ/לַ/גָּדִ֑י וְ/לַ/חֲצִ֖י מַטֵּ֥ה מְנַשֶּֽׁה

English Translation

Then Joshua will call to the Reubenites and the Gadites and to half the tribe of Manasseh.

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Chapter 22 Context

1 Then Joshua summoned the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

2 He told them, “You have done everything that Moses, the servant of the Lord, told you to do, and you... Focus ↗

3 You have never abandoned your brothers all this time, right up to the present day. You have carefull... Focus ↗

4 Now that the Lord your God (Elohim) has given peace to your brothers, as he promised, go back home t... Focus ↗

5 But make sure you keep the commandments and the law as Moses instructed you. Love the Lord your God... Focus ↗

6 Joshua blessed them, sent them on their way, and they went home. Focus ↗

7 Moses had given to the half-tribe of Manasseh the land of Bashan, and to the other half of the tribe... Focus ↗

8 He told them, “Take all the wealth you have gained back home: the great herds of livestock, the thin... Focus ↗

9 So the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the rest of the Israelites at S... Focus ↗

10 When they approached the Jordan region, still in the land of Canaan, the tribes of Reuben and Gad, a... Focus ↗

11 The Israelites were told, “Look, the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have b... Focus ↗

12 Before they did so, they sent Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest to the tribes of Reuben and Ga... Focus ↗

13 Ten leaders went with him, one from each of the ten tribes of Israel, and each the head of his famil... Focus ↗

14 After they arrived they told the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Focus ↗

15 “This is what all of the Lord's people say, ‘What is this disloyal act you have committed against th... Focus ↗

16 Wasn't our sin at Peor enough? Even now we're still not clean from the plague that attacked the Lord... Focus ↗

17 So why are you turning away from the Lord now? If you rebel against the Lord today, he will be angry... Focus ↗

18 But if you think your land is tainted then come over to the land of the Lord where the Tabernacle of... Focus ↗

19 When Achan, son of Zerah, acted disloyally in taking consecrated things, didn't the whole of Israel... Focus ↗

20 Then the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the Israelite leaders, Focus ↗

21 “The Lord is God (Elohim) of gods, the Lord is God (Elohim) of gods, and he knows! May Israel also k... Focus ↗

22 If our action of building an altar was to turn away from the Lord, or to use the altar to make burnt... Focus ↗

23 We did this because we were worried that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ‘What hav... Focus ↗

24 The Lord put a border—the Jordan River—between us and you, descendants of Reuben and Gad. You don't... Focus ↗

25 So we said to ourselves, ‘Let's build an altar, not for burnt offerings or for sacrifices, Focus ↗

26 but as a witness between us and you, and for the generations that come after us, that we will come t... Focus ↗

27 If they were to do so in the future, our descendants could reply, ‘Look at this copy of the Lord's a... Focus ↗

28 We would never think to rebel against the Lord or to turn away from him now by building an altar to... Focus ↗

29 When Phinehas and the Israelite leaders heard this from the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-t... Focus ↗

30 Phinehas replied to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, “Today we know tha... Focus ↗

31 Then Phinehas and the Israelite leaders left the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Man... Focus ↗

32 The Israelites were pleased with the report and God (Elohim) blessed them. They didn't talk about go... Focus ↗

33 The tribes of Reuben and Gad called the altar, “Witness,” because they said, “It is a witness betwee... Focus ↗

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Book: Joshua
Chapter: Chapter 22 (33 verses)
Version: Free Bible Version

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