Joshua 22

1ThenH227 JoshuaH3091 calledH7121 the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of ManassehH4519, 2and saidH559 unto them, Ye have keptH8104 all that MosesH4872 the servantH5650 of Jehovah commandedH6680 you, and have hearkened unto my voiceH6963 in all that I commandedH6680 you: 3ye have not leftH5800 your brethren these manyH7227 daysH3117 unto this dayH3117, but have keptH8104 the chargeH4931 of the commandmentH4687 of Jehovah your GodH430. 4And nowH6258 Jehovah your GodH430 hath givenH5414 restH5117 unto your brethren, as he spake unto them: thereforeH6258 nowH6258 turnH6437 ye, and get you unto your tentsH168, unto the landH776 of your possessionH272, which MosesH4872 the servantH5650 of Jehovah gaveH5414 you beyond the JordanH3383. 5OnlyH7535 takeH8104 diligent heedH8104 to do the commandmentH4687 and the lawH8451 which MosesH4872 the servantH5650 of Jehovah commandedH6680 you, to loveH157 Jehovah your GodH430, and to walk in all his waysH1870, and to keepH8104 his commandmentsH4687, and to cleave unto him, and to serveH5647 him with all your heartH3824 and with all your soulH5315. 6So JoshuaH3091 blessedH1288 them, and sentH7971 them awayH7971; and they went unto their tentsH168.

7Now to the one half-tribe of ManassehH4519 MosesH4872 had givenH5414inheritancein BashanH1316; but unto the other halfH2677 gaveH5414 JoshuaH3091 among their brethren beyond the JordanH3383 westward. Moreover when JoshuaH3091 sentH7971 them awayH7971 unto their tentsH168, he blessedH1288 them, 8and spake unto them, sayingH559, ReturnH7725 with muchH7235 wealth unto your tentsH168, and with veryH3966 muchH7235 cattle, with silverH3701, and with goldH2091, and with brass, and with ironH1270, and with veryH3966 muchH7235 raiment: divideH2505 the spoilH7998 of your enemiesH341 with your brethren. 9And the children of ReubenH7205 and the children of GadH1410 and the half-tribe of ManassehH4519 returnedH7725, and departed from the children of IsraelH3478 out of ShilohH7887, which is in the landH776 of CanaanH3667, to goH7725 unto the landH776 of GileadH1568, to the landH776 of their possessionH272, whereof they were possessed, according to the commandment of Jehovah by MosesH4872.

10And whenH834 they cameH935 unto the region about the JordanH3383, that is in the landH776 of CanaanH3667, the children of ReubenH7205 and the children of GadH1410 and the half-tribe of ManassehH4519 builtH1129 there an altarH4196 by the JordanH3383, a greatH1419 altarH4196 to look upon. 11And the children of IsraelH3478 heardH8085 sayH559, Behold, the children of ReubenH7205 and the children of GadH1410 and the half-tribe of ManassehH4519 have builtH1129 an altarH4196 in the forefront of the landH776 of CanaanH3667, in the region about the JordanH3383, on the sideH5676 that pertaineth to the children of IsraelH3478. 12And when the children of IsraelH3478 heardH8085 of it, the whole congregationH5712 of the children of IsraelH3478 gathered themselves together at ShilohH7887, to goH5927 up against them to warH6635.

13And the children of IsraelH3478 sentH7971 unto the children of ReubenH7205, and to the children of GadH1410, and to the half-tribe of ManassehH4519, into the landH776 of GileadH1568, PhinehasH6372 the sonH1121 of EleazarH499 the priestH3548, 14and with him tenH6235 princesH5387, oneH259 princeH5387 of a fathers’H1 houseH1004 for each of the tribesH4294 of IsraelH3478; and they were every oneH259 of them headH7218 of their fathers’H1 housesH1004 among the thousandsH505 of IsraelH3478. 15And they cameH935 unto the children of ReubenH7205, and to the children of GadH1410, and to the half-tribe of ManassehH4519, unto the landH776 of GileadH1568, and they spake with them, sayingH559, 16ThusH3541 saith the whole congregationH5712 of Jehovah, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, to turnH7725 awayH7725 this dayH3117 from following Jehovah, in that ye have builded you an altarH4196, to rebelH4775 this dayH3117 against Jehovah? 17Is the iniquityH5771 of PeorH6465 too littleH4592 for us, from which we have not cleansedH2891 ourselves unto this dayH3117, although there came a plagueH5063 upon the congregationH5712 of Jehovah, 18that ye must turnH7725 awayH7725 this dayH3117 from following Jehovah? and it will beH1961, seeing ye rebelH4775 to-day against Jehovah, that to-morrow he will beH1961 wroth with the whole congregationH5712 of IsraelH3478. 19Howbeit, if the landH776 of your possessionH272 be uncleanH2931, then passH5674 ye over unto the landH776 of the possessionH272 of Jehovah, wherein Jehovah’s tabernacleH4908 dwelleth, and takeH270 possessionH272 among us: but rebelH4775 not against Jehovah, nor rebelH4775 against us, in buildingH1129 you an altarH4196 besides the altarH4196 of Jehovah our GodH430. 20Did not AchanH5912 the sonH1121 of ZerahH2226 commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrathH7110 fell upon all the congregationH5712 of IsraelH3478? and that manH376 perished not alone in his iniquityH5771.

21Then the children of ReubenH7205 and the children of GadH1410 and the half-tribe of ManassehH4519 answeredH6030, and spake unto the headsH7218 of the thousandsH505 of IsraelH3478, 22The Mighty OneH2088, GodH430, Jehovah, the Mighty OneH2088, GodH430, Jehovah, he knoweth; and IsraelH3478 he shall knowH3045: if it be in rebellion, or if in trespass against Jehovah (saveH3467 thou us not this dayH3117), 23that we have builtH1129 us an altarH4196 to turnH7725 awayH7725 from following Jehovah; or if to offerH5927 thereon burnt-offering or meal-offering, or if to offerH5927 sacrificesH2077 of peace-offerings thereon, let Jehovah himself requireH1245 it; 24and if we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of purpose, sayingH559, In timeH4279 to come your children might speak unto our children, sayingH559, What have ye to do with Jehovah, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478? 25for Jehovah hath madeH5414 the JordanH3383 a borderH1366 between us and you, ye children of ReubenH7205 and children of GadH1410; ye have no portionH2506 in Jehovah: so might your children makeH5414 our children cease from fearing Jehovah. 26Therefore we saidH559, Let us now prepare to buildH1129 us an altarH4196, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrificeH2077: 27but it shall be a witnessH5707 between us and you, and between our generationsH1755 after us, that we may do the serviceH5656 of Jehovah before him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrificesH2077, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not sayH559 to our children in timeH4279 to come, Ye have no portionH2506 in Jehovah. 28Therefore saidH559 we, It shall beH1961, when they so sayH559 to us or to our generationsH1755 in timeH4279 to come, that we shall sayH559, Behold the patternH8403 of the altarH4196 of Jehovah, which our fathersH1 madeH6213, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrificeH2077; but it is a witnessH5707 between us and you. 29FarH2486 be it from us that we should rebelH4775 against Jehovah, and turnH7725 awayH7725 this dayH3117 from following Jehovah, to buildH1129 an altarH4196 for burnt-offering, for meal-offering, or for sacrificeH2077, besides the altarH4196 of Jehovah our GodH430 that is before his tabernacleH4908.

30And whenH834 PhinehasH6372 the priestH3548, and the princesH5387 of the congregationH5712, even the headsH7218 of the thousandsH505 of IsraelH3478 that were with him, heardH8085 the wordsH1697 that the children of ReubenH7205 and the children of GadH1410 and the children of ManassehH4519 spake, it pleased them wellH3190. 31And PhinehasH6372 the sonH1121 of EleazarH499 the priestH3548 saidH559 unto the children of ReubenH7205, and to the children of GadH1410, and to the children of ManassehH4519, This dayH3117 we knowH3045 that Jehovah is in the midstH8432 of us, because ye have not committed this trespass against Jehovah: now have ye deliveredH5337 the children of IsraelH3478 out of the handH3027 of Jehovah. 32And PhinehasH6372 the sonH1121 of EleazarH499 the priestH3548, and the princesH5387, returnedH7725 from the children of ReubenH7205, and from the children of GadH1410, out of the landH776 of GileadH1568, unto the landH776 of CanaanH3667, to the children of IsraelH3478, and broughtH7725 them wordH1697 again. 33And the thingH1697 pleased the children of IsraelH3478; and the children of IsraelH3478 blessedH1288 GodH430, and spake no more of goingH5927 up against them to warH6635, to destroyH7843 the landH776 wherein the children of ReubenH7205 and the children of GadH1410 dweltH3427. 34And the children of ReubenH7205 and the children of GadH1410 calledH7121 the altarH4196 Ed: For, said they, it is a witnessH5707 between us that Jehovah is GodH430.