ASV_Strong : Joshua 22
1. Then Joshua[H3091] called[H7121] the Reubenites[H7206], and the Gadites[H1425], and the[H2677] half-tribe[H4294] of Manasseh[H4519],
2. and said[H559] unto them[H8104], Ye have kept all that Moses[H4872] the servant[H5650] of Jehovah[H3068] commanded[H6680] you[H8085], and have hearkened unto my voice[H6963] in all that I commanded you[H6680]:
3. ye have not left[H5800] your brethren[H251] these many[H7227] days[H3117] unto this day[H3117], but have kept[H8104] the charge[H4931] of the commandment[H4687] of Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430].
4. And now Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430] hath given rest[H5117] unto your brethren[H251], as he spake[H1696] unto them[H6437]: therefore now turn ye[H3212], and get you unto your tents[H168], unto the land[H776] of your possession[H272], which Moses[H4872] the servant[H5650] of Jehovah[H3068] gave[H5414] you beyond[H5676] the Jordan[H3383].
5. Only take diligent[H3966] heed[H8104] to do[H6213] the commandment[H4687] and the law[H8451] which Moses[H4872] the servant[H5650] of Jehovah[H3068] commanded[H6680] you[H157], to love Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430], and to walk[H3212] in all his ways[H1870], and to keep[H8104] his commandments[H4687], and to cleave[H1692] unto him[H5647], and to serve him with all your heart[H3824] and with all your soul[H5315].
6. So Joshua[H3091] blessed[H1288] them[H7971], and sent them away; and they went[H3212] unto their tents[H168].
7. Now to the one[H2677] half-tribe[H7626] of Manasseh[H4519] Moses[H4872] had given[H5414] inheritance in Bashan[H1316]; but unto the other half[H2677] gave[H5414] Joshua[H3091] among[H5973] their brethren[H251] beyond[H5676] the Jordan[H3383] westward[H3220]; moreover when Joshua[H3091] sent them away[H7971] unto their tents[H168], he blessed them[H1288],
8. and spake[H559] unto them[H559], saying, Return[H7725] with much[H7227] wealth[H5233] unto your tents[H168], and with very[H3966] much[H7227] cattle[H4735], with silver[H3701], and with gold[H2091], and with brass[H5178], and with iron[H1270], and with very[H3966] much[H7235] raiment[H8008]: divide[H2505] the spoil[H7998] of your enemies[H341] with your brethren[H251].
9. And the children[H1121] of Reuben[H7205] and the children[H1121] of Gad[H1410] and the[H2677] half-tribe[H7626] of Manasseh[H4519] returned[H7725], and departed[H3212] from the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] out of Shiloh[H7887], which is in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667], to go[H3212] unto the land[H776] of Gilead[H1568], to the land[H776] of their possession[H272], whereof they were possessed[H270], according to the commandment[H6310] of Jehovah[H3068] by[H3027] Moses[H4872].
10. And when they came[H935] unto the region about the Jordan[H3383], that is in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667], the children[H1121] of Reuben[H7205] and the children[H1121] of Gad[H1410] and the[H2677] half-tribe[H7626] of Manasseh[H4519] built[H1129] there an altar[H4196] by the Jordan[H3383], a great[H1419] altar[H4196] to[H4758] look upon[H4758].
11. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] heard[H8085] say[H559], Behold[H1121], the children of Reuben[H7205] and the children[H1121] of Gad[H1410] and the[H2677] half-tribe[H7626] of Manasseh[H4519] have built[H1129] an altar[H4196] in the forefront[H4136] of the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667], in the region[H1552] about the Jordan[H3383], on the side that pertaineth[H5676] to the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
12. And when the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] heard[H8085] of it[H5712], the whole congregation of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] gathered themselves together[H6950] at Shiloh[H7887], to go up[H5927] against them to war[H6635].
13. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] sent[H7971] unto the children[H1121] of Reuben[H7205], and to the children[H1121] of Gad[H1410], and to the[H2677] half-tribe[H7626] of Manasseh[H4519], into the land[H776] of Gilead[H1568], Phinehas[H6372] the son[H1121] of Eleazar[H499] the priest[H3548],
14. and with him ten[H6235] princes[H5387], one prince[H5387] of a fathers[H1]' house[H1004] for each[H259] of the tribes[H4294] of Israel[H3478]; and they were every one[H376] of them head[H7218] of their fathers[H1]' houses[H1004] among the thousands[H505] of Israel[H3478].
15. And they came[H935] unto the children[H1121] of Reuben[H7205], and to the children[H1121] of Gad[H1410], and to the[H2677] half-tribe[H7626] of Manasseh[H4519], unto the land[H776] of Gilead[H1568], and they spake[H1696] with them[H559], saying,
16. Thus saith[H559] the whole congregation[H5712] of Jehovah[H3068], What trespass[H4604] is this that ye have committed[H4603] against the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], to turn away[H7725] this day[H3117] from following[H310] Jehovah[H3068], in that ye have builded[H1129] you an altar[H4196], to rebel[H4775] this day[H3117] against Jehovah[H3068]?
17. Is the iniquity[H5771] of Peor[H6465] too little[H4592] for us[H2891], from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day[H3117], although there came a plague[H5063] upon the congregation[H5712] of Jehovah[H3068],
18. that ye must turn away[H7725] this day[H3117] from following[H310] Jehovah[H3068]? and it will be[H4775], seeing ye rebel to-day[H3117] against Jehovah[H3068], that to-morrow[H4279] he will be wroth[H7107] with the whole congregation[H5712] of Israel[H3478].
19. Howbeit[H389], if the land[H776] of your possession[H272] be unclean[H2931], then pass ye over[H5674] unto the land[H776] of the possession[H272] of Jehovah[H3068], wherein Jehovah[H3068]'s tabernacle[H4908] dwelleth[H7931], and take possession[H270] among[H8432] us[H4775]: but rebel not against Jehovah[H3068], nor[H408] rebel[H4775] against us[H1129], in building you an altar[H4196] besides[H1107] the altar[H4196] of Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430].
20. Did not Achan[H5912] the son[H1121] of Zerah[H2226] commit[H4603] a trespass[H4604] in the devoted thing[H2764], and wrath[H7110] fell[H1961] upon all the congregation[H5712] of Israel[H3478]? and that man[H376] perished[H1478] not alone[H259] in his iniquity[H5771].
21. Then the children[H1121] of Reuben[H7205] and the children[H1121] of Gad[H1410] and the[H2677] half-tribe[H7626] of Manasseh[H4519] answered[H6030], and spake[H1696] unto the heads[H7218] of the thousands[H505] of Israel[H3478],
22. The Mighty One[H410], God, Jehovah[H3068], [H430] the Mighty One[H410], God, Jehovah[H3068], [H430] he knoweth[H3045]; and Israel[H3478] he shall know[H3045]: if it be in rebellion[H4777], or if in trespass[H4604] against Jehovah[H3068] (save[H3467] thou us not this day[H3117],)
23. that we have built[H1129] us an altar[H4196] to turn[H7725] away from following[H310] Jehovah[H3068]; or if to offer[H5927] thereon burnt-offering[H5930] or meal-offering[H5930], or if to offer[H6213] sacrifices of[H8002] peace-offerings[H2077] thereon[H3068], let Jehovah himself require it[H1245];
24. and if we have not rather out of carefulness[H1674] done[H6213] this[H1697], and of purpose[H559], saying, In time to come[H4279] your children[H1121] might speak[H559] unto our children[H1121], saying[H559], What have ye to do with Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]?
25. for Jehovah[H3068] hath made[H5414] the Jordan[H3383] a border[H1366] between us and you[H1121], ye children of Reuben[H7205] and children[H1121] of Gad[H1410]; ye have no portion[H2506] in Jehovah[H3068]: so might your children[H1121] make[H7673] our children[H1121] cease[H7673] from[H1115] fearing[H3372] Jehovah[H3068].
26. Therefore we said[H559], Let us now prepare[H6213] to build[H1129] us an altar[H4196], not for burnt-offering[H5930], nor for sacrifice[H2077]:
27. but it shall be a witness[H5707] between us and you[H1755], and between our generations after[H310] us[H5647], that we may do the service[H5656] of Jehovah[H3068] before[H6440] him with our burnt-offerings[H5930], and with our sacrifices[H2077], and with our peace-offerings[H5930]; that your children[H1121] may not say[H559] to our children[H1121] in time to come[H4279], Ye have no portion[H2506] in Jehovah[H3068].
28. Therefore said[H559] we[H559], It shall be, when they so say to us or to our generations[H1755] in time to come[H4279], that we shall say[H559], Behold[H7200] the pattern[H8403] of the altar[H4196] of Jehovah[H3068], which our fathers[H1] made[H6213], not for burnt-offering[H5930], nor for sacrifice[H2077]; but it is a witness between us and you[H5707].
29. Far be[H2486] it from us that we should rebel[H4775] against Jehovah[H3068], and turn[H7725] away this day[H3117] from following[H310] Jehovah[H3068], to build[H1129] an altar[H4196] for burnt-offering[H5930], for meal-offering[H4503], or for sacrifice[H2077], besides the altar[H4196] of Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430] that is before[H6440] his tabernacle[H4908].
30. And when Phinehas[H6372] the priest[H3548], and the princes[H5387] of the congregation[H5712], even the heads[H7218] of the thousands[H505] of Israel[H3478] that were with him[H8085], heard the words[H1697] that the children[H1121] of Reuben[H7205] and the children[H1121] of Gad[H1410] and the children[H1121] of Manasseh[H4519] spake[H1696], it pleased them well[H3190].
31. And Phinehas[H6372] the son[H1121] of Eleazar[H499] the priest[H3548] said[H559] unto the children[H1121] of Reuben[H7205], and to the children[H1121] of Gad[H1410], and to the children[H1121] of Manasseh[H4519], This day[H3117] we know[H3045] that Jehovah[H3068] is in the midst[H8432] of us[H4603], because ye have not committed this trespass[H4604] against Jehovah[H3068]: now[H227] have ye delivered[H5337] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] out of the hand[H3027] of Jehovah[H3068].
32. And Phinehas[H6372] the son[H1121] of Eleazar[H499] the priest[H3548], and the princes[H5387], returned[H7725] from the children[H1121] of Reuben[H7205], and from the children[H1121] of Gad[H1410], out of the land[H776] of Gilead[H1568], unto the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667], to the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], and brought[H7725] them word[H1697] again[H7725].
33. And the thing[H1697] pleased[H3190] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]; and the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] blessed[H1288] God[H430], and spake no more[H559] of going up[H5927] against them to war[H6635], to destroy[H7843] the land[H776] wherein the children[H1121] of Reuben[H7205] and the children of Gad[H1410] dwelt[H3427].
34. And the children[H1121] of Reuben[H7205] and the children[H1121] of Gad[H1410] called[H7121] the altar[H4196] Ed[H5707]: For, said they, it is a witness between us that Jehovah[H3068] is God[H430].
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