Verse 33

Joshua 22:33

Noah Webster Bible

33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God (Elohim), and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּיטַ֣ב הַ/דָּבָ֗ר בְּ/עֵינֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַ/יְבָרֲכ֥וּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְ/לֹ֣א אָמְר֗וּ לַ/עֲל֤וֹת עֲלֵי/הֶם֙ לַ/צָּבָ֔א לְ/שַׁחֵת֙ אֶת הָ/אָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֛ר בְּנֵי רְאוּבֵ֥ן וּ/בְנֵי גָ֖ד יֹשְׁבִ֥ים בָּֽ/הּ
English Translation
And it was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel, and they blessed God. The sons of Israel did not say to go up against them to destroy the land that the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad are dwelling in.
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Chapter 22 Context
1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Focus ↗
2 And said to them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed... Focus ↗
3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days to this day, but have kept the charge of the commandm... Focus ↗
4 And now the LORD your God (Elohim) hath given rest to your brethren, as he promised them: therefore... Focus ↗
5 But take diligent heed to perform the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD c... Focus ↗
6 So Joshua blessed them and sent them away; and they went to their tents. Focus ↗
7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but to the other... Focus ↗
8 And he spoke to them, saying, Return with much riches to your tents, and with very many cattle, with... Focus ↗
9 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and de... Focus ↗
10 And when they came to the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben,... Focus ↗
11 And the children of Israel heard it said, Behold, the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, a... Focus ↗
12 And when the children of Israel heard of it , the whole congregation of the children of Israel assem... Focus ↗
13 And the children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the ha... Focus ↗
14 And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each... Focus ↗
15 And they came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manass... Focus ↗
16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against... Focus ↗
17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although t... Focus ↗
18 But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to-day... Focus ↗
19 Not withstanding, if the land of your possession is unclean, then pass ye over to the land of the po... Focus ↗
20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fall on all the co... Focus ↗
21 Then the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and s... Focus ↗
22 The LORD God (Elohim) of gods, the LORD God (Elohim) of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know;... Focus ↗
23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer on it burnt-offering,... Focus ↗
24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children may... Focus ↗
25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a boundary between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of G... Focus ↗
26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrific... Focus ↗
27 But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we may do the s... Focus ↗
28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they shall so say to us or to our generations in time to c... Focus ↗
29 Far be it from us that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD,... Focus ↗
30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, and heads of the thousands of Isr... Focus ↗
31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Ga... Focus ↗
32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, a... Focus ↗
33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God (Elohim), and d...
34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed : for it shall be a witness b... Focus ↗