Joshua 22:19

Joshua 22:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein the Lord’s tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the Lord, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God.
• New International Version (NIV)If the land you possess is defiled, come over to the Lord’s land, where the Lord’s tabernacle stands, and share the land with us. But do not rebel against the Lord or against us by building an altar for yourselves, other than the altar of the Lord our God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But now, if the land of your possession is unclean, pass over into the Lord's land where the Lord's tabernacle stands, and take for yourselves a possession among us. Only do not rebel against the Lord or make us as rebels by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the Lord our God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Nevertheless, if the land of your possession is unclean, then cross over to the land of the possession of the Lord, where the Lord’s tabernacle stands, and take possession among us; but do not rebel against the Lord, nor rebel against us, by building yourselves an altar besides the altar of the Lord our God.

Context of Joshua 22:19

17We did something very bad at Peor. Even now, we have not made it right. The Lord brought a bad disease to punish us as his people. 18Now you are doing another bad thing. You no longer want to obey the Lord. You are turning against him today. So tomorrow the Lord may punish us all! If your land here in Gilead is unclean, come back across the river to the Lord's own land. You can come and live among us, in the land where the Lord's tabernacle is. But do not turn against the Lord or against us. Do not build an altar for yourselves. The Lord our God already has his altar here. 20Remember the time when Achan, son of Zerah, took things that belonged to God for himself. He refused to obey God's command about Jericho's valuable things. Then God became angry with all the people of Israel. Achan died because of his sin, but he was not the only one.’ 21Reuben, Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered the Israelite leaders.

Joshua 22:19 word by word

וְאַ֨ךְ אִם־טְמֵאָ֜ה אֶ֣רֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶ֗ם עִבְר֨וּ לָכֶ֜ם אֶל־אֶ֨רֶץ אֲחֻזַּ֤ת יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר שָֽׁכַן־שָׁם֙ מִשְׁכַּ֣ן יְהוָ֔ה וְהֵאָחֲז֖וּ בְּתוֹכֵ֑נוּ וּבַֽיהוָ֣ה אַל־תִּמְרֹ֗דוּ וְאֹתָ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־תִּמְרֹ֔דוּ בִּבְנֹֽתְכֶ֤ם לָכֶם֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ מִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֔י מִזְבַּ֖ח יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Notwithstandingאַךְ'ak · surelyH389
• if the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of your possessionאֲחֻזָּה'ăchûzzâh · possessionH272
• uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931
• pass ye overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
• dwellethשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• and take possessionאָחַז'âchaz · to graspH270
• amongתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• us: but rebelמָרַדmârad · to rebelH4775
• norאַל'al · notH408
• against us, in buildingבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• you an altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• besideבִּלְעֲדֵיbil‛ădêy bal‛ădêy · besideH1107
• our Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Joshua 22:19

• Exodus 15:17You will bring your people in safely. You will bring them to live on your own mountain. Lord, that is the place that you have prepared for your home. It is the holy place that you have built, Lord.
• Leviticus 18:25Canaan is unclean because the people did these things. This is why God pushed the people out of that land.
• Amos 7:17The Lord says this to you, Amaziah: “Your wife will work as a prostitute in the streets. Your sons and daughters will die in war. Enemies will measure your land into separate pieces and they will give it to others. They will take your people away from here as prisoners to a foreign country. And that is where they will die.” ’
• Acts 10:14Peter answered, ‘No, Lord, I would certainly not do that. I have never eaten an animal that our Law says is unclean.’
• Acts 11:8But I answered, “No, Lord, I would certainly not do that. I have never eaten an animal that our Law says is unclean.”
• Joshua 18:1All the Israelite people met together at Shiloh. There they put up the Tent of Meeting. They now ruled the whole land.
• Leviticus 17:8If an Israelite gives a sacrifice or a burnt offering he must offer it at the Tent of Meeting's door. A foreigner may live among you. If he gives a sacrifice he must offer it at the Tent of Meeting's door.
• Deuteronomy 12:5The Lord will choose one place from the land where all your tribes live. That is the place where people must go to worship him. That is his special home.
• 2 Chronicles 11:13The priests and Levites who lived everywhere in Israel agreed to serve Rehoboam.

Commentaries on Joshua 22:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19If the land of your possessions be unclean - The generous mind of Phinehas led him to form this excuse for them. If ye suppose that this land is impure, as not having been originally included in the covenant, and ye think that ye cannot expect the blessing of God unless ye have an altar, sacrifices, etc., then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein the Lord's tabernacle dwelleth, the only legitimate place where sacrifices and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Unclean - i. e. unholy because the sanctuary was not in it, but on the other side of Jordan.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-20Verses 10-20 Here is the care of the separated tribes to keep their hold of Canaan's religion. At first sight it seemed a design to set up an altar against the altar at Shiloh. God is jealous for his own institutions; we should be so too, and afraid of every thing that looks like, or leads to idolatry. Corruptions in religion are best dealt with at first. But their prudence in following up this zealous resolution is no less commendable. Many an unhappy…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19Becoming ceremonially unclean did not always result from rebellion or a moral mistake. But it did stop people or groups from joining regular worship activities, including offering sacrifices. If the eastern tribes had made the land ceremonially unclean, the Israelites could not offer sacrifices to the Lord there. This concern gives evidence that the eastern tribes had built their altar on the western bank of the Jordan River. The land west of the Jordan…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-2911-29. and the children of Israel heard say--Fame speedily spread intelligence of what the trans-jordanic tribes had done. The act being suspected of some idolatrous design, the tribes rose in a mass, and repairing to the tabernacle at Shiloh, resolved to declare war against the two tribes and a half as apostates from God. On calmer and more mature consideration, however, they determined, in the first instance, to send a deputation consisting of the son…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 22:19

• Church
• Fear of God
• Government
• Haste
• Misjudgment
• Motive
• Phinehas
• Prudence
• Reproof
• Reubenites
• Uncharitableness
• War
• Zeal, Religious

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Commentaries on Joshua 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings