Joshua
Chapter 22
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1Then Joshua called the Reubenite, the Gadite, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
2and he said to them, You have kept all that Moses, the servant of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., commanded you, and you have listened to my voice in all that I commanded you.
3You have not abandoned your brothers these many days, to this day, and you have kept the charge of the command of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. your God.
4Now God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them. Now turn and go to your tents, to the land of your holding, which Moses, the servant of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., gave you beyond the Jordan.
5Only be very careful to do the command and the instruction that Moses, the servant of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., commanded you: to love God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commands, to cling to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
6Joshua blessed them and sent them off, and they went to their tents.
7To one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to its other half Joshua gave land with their brothers, from across the Jordan westward. Joshua also sent them to their tents and blessed them.
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The written consonants are מעבר, “from across.” The Masoretic reading is בעבר, “on the side of.” The written “from across” is printed.
8He said to them, saying, Return to your tents with much wealth, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with bronze, with iron, and with very many clothes. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.
9The sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh turned and went from the sons of Israel, from Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their holding, which they had taken hold of by the mouth of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., by the hand of Moses.
10They came to the districts of the Jordan that are in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan, a great altar to look at.
11The sons of Israel heard it said, Look, the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built the altar opposite the land of Canaan, in the districts of the Jordan, on the side of the sons of Israel.
12The sons of Israel heard, and the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled at Shiloh, to go up against them for war.
13The sons of Israel sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead,
14and ten chiefs with him, one chief, one chief, for a father’s house, for all the tribes of Israel. Each was the head of their fathers’ house, for the thousands of Israel.
15They came to the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,
16This is what the whole congregation of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. says, What is this breach that you have committed against the God of Israel, turning today from following God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. by building yourselves an altar, to rebel today against God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary.?
17Was the A serious wrong. of Peor too small for us, from which we have not been cleansed to this day, so that there was a plague in the congregation of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary.,
18that you turn away today from following God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary.? If you rebel today against God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
19If the land of your holding is unclean, cross over to the land of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary.’s holding, where God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary.’s dwelling stands, and take holding among us. Do not rebel against God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., and do not rebel against us, by building yourselves an altar besides the altar of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. our God.
20Did not Achan son of Zerah commit a breach in the Set apart for God. In this book it is often marked to be destroyed. thing, and wrath fell on the whole congregation of Israel? He was one man. He did not perish alone for his A serious wrong..
21The sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel,
22El, God, God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., El, God, God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., he knows, and Israel, he shall know. If it was in rebellion, or if it was in a breach against God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., do not save us this day.
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The line is El, Elohim, YHWH, said twice. El is the short word. God is Elohim. Yahweh is the name. See the glossary.
23If we built ourselves an altar to turn from following God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., or if it was to offer up on it a whole offering or a grain gift, or if it was to make on it sacrifices of well-being, let God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. himself seek it out.
24If we did not do this out of anxiety, out of a reason, saying, Tomorrow your sons will say to our sons, What have you to do with God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., the God of Israel?
25God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. has set the Jordan as a border between us and you, sons of Reuben and sons of Gad. You have no share in God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary.. So your sons would make our sons stop fearing God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary..
26We said, Let us act, please, for ourselves, by building the altar, not for a whole offering and not for a sacrifice,
27for it is a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, so that we may do the service of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. before him with our whole offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our sacrifices of well-being, and so that your sons will not say tomorrow to our sons, You have no share in God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary..
28We said, When they say to us and to our generations tomorrow, we will say, See the pattern of the altar of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. that our fathers made, not for a whole offering and not for a sacrifice, for it is a witness between us and you.
29Far be it from us to rebel against God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. and to turn today from following God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., by building an altar for a whole offering, for a grain gift, or for a sacrifice, besides the altar of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. our God that is before his dwelling.
30Phinehas the priest, and the chiefs of the congregation, and the heads of the thousands of Israel who were with him, heard the words that the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh spoke, and it was good in their eyes.
31Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh, Today we know that God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. is in our midst, because you have not committed this breach against God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary.. Then you have rescued the sons of Israel from the hand of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary..
32Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs, returned from the sons of Reuben and from the sons of Gad, from the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the sons of Israel, and they brought them back word.
33The word was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel. They blessed God, the sons of Israel, and they did not say they would go up against them for war, to ruin the land where the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were living.
34The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar, for it is a witness between us, that God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. is God.
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The line does not give the altar a name. It says the altar is a witness, and that Yahweh is God. No name is added.