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Joshua 22:24-29

24And if we have not ratherdoneעָשִׂ֥ינוּ'a.Si.nuH6213it forfearמִדְּאָגָה֙mi.de.'a.GahH1674of thisthingמִדָּבָ֔רmi.da.VarH1697,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, In time tocomeמָחָ֗רma.CharH4279yourchildrenבְנֵיכֶ֤םve.nei.KhemH1121mayspeakיֹאמְר֨וּyo.me.RuH559to ourchildrenלְבָנֵ֙ינוּ֙le.va.Nei.nuH1121,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, What have ye to do with theLORDוְלַֽיהוָ֖הve.la.Yah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478?

25For theLORDיְ֠הוָהYah.wehH3068hathmadeנָֽתַן־na.tan-H5414Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.DenH3383aborderוּגְב֣וּלu.ge.VulH1366between us and you, yechildrenבְּנֵי־be.nei-H1121ofReubenרְאוּבֵ֤ןre.'u.VenH7205andchildrenוּבְנֵי־u.ve.nei-H1121ofGadגָד֙gadH1410; ye have nopartחֵ֖לֶקChe.lekH2506in theLORDבַּֽיהוָ֑הba.Yah.wehH3068: so shall yourchildrenבְנֵיכֶם֙ve.nei.KhemH1121makeH7673ourchildrenבָּנֵ֔ינוּba.Nei.nuH1121ceaseוְהִשְׁבִּ֤יתוּve.hish.Bi.tuH7673fromלְבִלְתִּ֖יle.vil.TiH1115fearingיְרֹ֥אye.Ro'H3372theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

26Therefore wesaidוַנֹּ֕אמֶרva.No.merH559, Let us nowprepareנַעֲשֶׂה־na.'a.seh-H6213tobuildלִבְנ֖וֹתliv.NotH1129us analtarהַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַha.miz.Be.achH4196, not for burntofferingלְעוֹלָ֖הle.'o.LahH5930, nor forsacrificeלְזָֽבַח׃le.Za.vachH2077:

27But that it may be awitnessעֵ֨ד'edH5707between us, and you, and ourgenerationsדֹּרוֹתֵינוּ֮do.ro.tei.NuH1755afterאַחֲרֵינוּ֒'a.cha.rei.NuH310us, that we maydoלַעֲבֹ֞דla.'a.VodH5647theserviceעֲבֹדַ֤ת'a.vo.DatH5656of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068beforeלְפָנָ֔יוle.fa.NavH6440him with our burntofferingsבְּעֹלוֹתֵ֥ינוּbe.'o.lo.Tei.nuH5930, and with oursacrificesוּבִזְבָחֵ֖ינוּu.viz.va.Chei.nuH2077, and with our peaceofferingsוּבִשְׁלָמֵ֑ינוּu.vish.la.Mei.nuH8002; that yourchildrenבְנֵיכֶ֤םve.nei.KhemH1121may notsayיֹאמְר֨וּyo.me.RuH559to ourchildrenלְבָנֵ֔ינוּle.va.Nei.nuH1121in time tocomeמָחָר֙ma.CharH4279, Ye have nopartחֵ֖לֶקChe.lekH2506in theLORDבַּיהוָֽה׃ba.Yah.wehH3068.

28Thereforesaidוַנֹּ֕אמֶרva.No.merH559we, that it shall be, when they shall sosayיֹאמְר֥וּyo.me.RuH559to us or to ourgenerationsדֹּרֹתֵ֖ינוּdo.ro.Tei.nuH1755in time tocomeמָחָ֑רma.CharH4279, that we maysayוְאָמַ֡רְנוּve.'a.Mar.nuH559,Beholdרְא֣וּre.'UH7200thepatternתַּבְנִית֩tav.NitH8403of thealtarמִזְבַּ֨חmiz.BachH4196of theLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068, which ourfathersאֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuH1madeעָשׂ֣וּ'a.SuH6213, not for burntofferingsלְעוֹלָה֙le.'o.LahH5930, nor forsacrificesלְזֶ֔בַחle.Ze.vachH2077; but it is awitnessעֵ֣ד'edH5707between us and you.

29Far be it fromusחָלִילָה֩cha.li.LahH2486that we shouldrebelלִמְרֹ֣דlim.RodH4775against theLORDבַּֽיהוָ֗הba.Yah.wehH3068, andturnוְלָשׁ֤וּבve.la.ShuvH7725thisdayהַיּוֹם֙hai.yOmH3117fromfollowingמֵאַחֲרֵ֣יme.'a.cha.ReiH310theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, tobuildלִבְנ֣וֹתliv.NotH1129analtarמִזְבֵּ֔חַmiz.Be.achH4196for burntofferingsלְעֹלָ֖הle.'o.LahH5930, for meatofferingsלְמִנְחָ֣הle.min.ChahH4503, or forsacrificesוּלְזָ֑בַחu.le.Za.vachH2077, besides thealtarמִזְבַּח֙miz.BachH4196of theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430that isbeforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440histabernacleמִשְׁכָּנֽוֹ׃ פmish.ka.NoH4908.

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