Verse 16

Joshua 22:16

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

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

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

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...

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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