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Then Joshua summoned
the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
Then Joshua called
the Reubenites, and
the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh ,
and told
them, “You
have done
all that Moses the servant of the
LORD
commanded you, and you
have obeyed
my voice in all that I commanded you .
and said
unto
them, Ye
have kept
all that Moses the servant of Jehovah
commanded you, and have hearkened
unto
my voice in all that I commanded you :
All
this
time
you
have not deserted
your brothers,
up
to
this very
day, but have kept the charge given
you
by
the LORD
your God.
ye
have not left
your brethren
these
many
days
unto
this day, but have kept the charge of
the commandment
of
Jehovah
your God.
And now that
the
LORD
your God has
given your
brothers
rest as He promised
them, you may
return
to
your homes
in
the land that
Moses the servant of the
LORD
gave you across
the Jordan.
And now Jehovah
your God hath
given rest unto
your
brethren,
as he spake
unto
them :
therefore
now
turn
ye
, and
get
you unto
your tents,
unto
the land of
your
possession,
which
Moses the servant of Jehovah
gave you beyond
the Jordan.
But
be
very
careful
to observe
the commandment and the law that
Moses the servant of the
LORD
gave
you :
to love the
LORD
your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to
hold
fast
to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul. ”
Only
take
diligent
heed
to do
the commandment and the law which
Moses the servant of Jehovah
commanded
you ,
to love Jehovah
your God, and
to walk in all his ways, and
to keep his commandments, and
to cleave
unto
him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
So Joshua blessed them and sent them on
their
way,
and they went to
their homes
.
So Joshua blessed them ,
and sent them away;
and they went unto
their tents
.
(
To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land
in Bashan ,
and
to
the other half Joshua
gave land
on
the
west
side
of
the
Jordan
among their brothers.)
When Joshua sent them to
their homes
he blessed them,
Now
to the one
half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given `inheritance'
in Bashan ;
but
unto
the other half gave Joshua
among their brethren
beyond
the
Jordan
westward;
moreover
when Joshua sent them away
unto
their tents,
he blessed them,
saying, “
Return to
your
homes
with your
great
wealth, with immense
herds
of
livestock
, with silver, gold, bronze
, iron, and very many
clothes.
Divide with
your
brothers
the spoil of your enemies. ”
and
spake
unto
them,
saying, Return with much
wealth unto
your
tents
, and
with very
much
cattle
, with silver, and
with
gold, and
with
brass
, and
with
iron, and with
very much
raiment:
divide the spoil of your enemies with
your
brethren
.
So
the Reubenites,
the Gadites,
and the half-tribe of Manasseh left
the Israelites
at
Shiloh in the land of Canaan to
return
to their
own
land of Gilead, which
they had
acquired
according to the command
of the
LORD
through
Moses.
And
the children
of
Reuben
and
the children
of
Gad
and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned,
and
departed
from
the children
of
Israel
out
of
Shiloh ,
which
is
in the land of Canaan ,
to go
unto
the
land of Gilead, to
the
land
of
their
possession,
whereof
they were
possessed,
according to the commandment
of Jehovah
by
Moses.
And when they came to
Geliloth
near
the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites,
the Gadites,
and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing
altar there
by the Jordan.
And when they came unto
the region
about
the
Jordan ,
that
is
in the land of Canaan, the children
of
Reuben
and
the children
of
Gad
and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there
an altar by the Jordan ,
a
great
altar
to
look
upon
.
Then
the
Israelites
received
the report:
“
Behold, the Reubenites,
the Gadites,
and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on
the border
of the land of Canaan, at
Geliloth
near
the Jordan on the Israelite
side. ”
And
the children
of
Israel
heard
say,
Behold, the children
of
Reuben
and
the children
of
Gad
and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in
the forefront
of the land of Canaan, in
the region
about
the
Jordan ,
on the side that
pertaineth
to
the
children
of
Israel
.
And when they
heard this
, the whole congregation of Israel assembled
at Shiloh to go to
war
against them.
And when the
children
of
Israel
heard of
it
, the whole congregation of the
children
of
Israel gathered
themselves
together
at Shiloh ,
to go up
against them to
war
.
The Israelites
sent
Phinehas
son
of Eleazar
the
priest
to
the land
of Gilead
, to the Reubenites,
the
Gadites
, and the half-tribe of Manasseh .
And
the children
of Israel
sent
unto
the children
of Reuben
, and
to the children
of
Gad
, and to
the half-tribe of Manasseh ,
into
the
land
of
Gilead,
Phinehas
the
son
of
Eleazar
the
priest,
With him they
sent
ten chiefs—
one family
leader
from
each
tribe
of Israel,
each the head of a
family
among the clans
of Israel.
and
with him ten princes,
one prince
of a
fathers'
house
for
each of
the tribes
of
Israel;
and
they
were
every
one
of
them
head of their
fathers'
houses
among the thousands
of Israel.
They went
to
the Reubenites
, the Gadites
, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in
the land of Gilead and said
to
them,
And
they came
unto
the children
of
Reuben
, and
to
the children
of
Gad
, and to
the half-tribe of Manasseh ,
unto
the land of Gilead ,
and they
spake
with
them, saying,
“This
is
what
the whole congregation of the
LORD
says:
‘
What is this breach
of
faith
you
have committed today
against the God of Israel by
turning
away from the
LORD
and
building
for
yourselves
an
altar
, that you might
rebel against
the
LORD
this day?
Thus
saith
the whole congregation of Jehovah,
What trespass
is this that
ye
have committed against the God of Israel ,
to
turn
away this
day
from following
Jehovah
, in
that ye
have
builded
you an
altar,
to
rebel this day against
Jehovah
?
Was
not
the sin
of Peor enough
for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to
this day ?
It
even
brought
a plague upon the congregation of the
LORD.
Is
the iniquity
of Peor too
little
for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto
this day ,
although
there
came
a plague upon the congregation of Jehovah,
And
now,
would
you
turn away from the
LORD
? If
you
rebel today
against the
LORD
, tomorrow
He will be angry
with the whole congregation of Israel.
that
ye
must
turn away this
day
from following
Jehovah
? and
it
will
be,
seeing
ye
rebel to-day
against Jehovah
, that
to-morrow
he will be wroth
with the whole congregation of Israel.
If indeed
the land of your inheritance
is
unclean, then cross
over to
the land of the LORD’s
possession, where
the
LORD’s
tabernacle stands
, and take possession of
it
among us .
But do
not
rebel against the
LORD
or
against us by
building for
yourselves
an altar other
than
the altar of the
LORD
our God.
Howbeit,
if the land of your possession
be
unclean, then pass
ye
over unto
the land of the possession of
Jehovah
, wherein
Jehovah's
tabernacle dwelleth
, and take possession among us :
but rebel not
against Jehovah,
nor
rebel
against us ,
in
building you
an altar besides
the altar of Jehovah
our God.
Was
not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful
regarding
what
was
set
apart
for
destruction
, bringing
wrath upon the whole
congregation of Israel? Yet
it
was
not
only
Achan
who
perished because
of
his sin!’”
Did
not Achan the
son of Zerah commit
a
trespass
in
the
devoted
thing
, and
wrath fell
upon all
the congregation of Israel? and
that
man
perished not
alone
in
his iniquity.
Then the Reubenites,
the Gadites,
and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders
of the clans
of Israel :
Then the children
of
Reuben
and
the children
of
Gad
and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered ,
and
spake
unto
the heads
of the thousands
of Israel ,
“
The LORD,
the
Mighty One, is
God !
The
LORD
, the Mighty One, is
God !
He
knows
, and may
Israel also
know .
If this
was
in rebellion or breach
of
faith
against the
LORD,
do
not
spare
us today.
The Mighty One, God, Jehovah,
the Mighty One, God, Jehovah,
he
knoweth;
and Israel he
shall
know :
if it
be
in rebellion ,
or if
in
trespass
against Jehovah
(save
thou
us not
this
day,)
If
we have built for
ourselves
an altar to turn away from Him
and
to offer burnt offerings
and
grain
offerings
on
it
, or to sacrifice
fellowship
offerings on
it
, may
the
LORD
Himself hold
us
accountable.
that
we have built us
an altar to turn away from following
Jehovah;
or
if
to offer thereon
burnt -offering
or
meal-offering
, or if
to offer
sacrifices
of
peace-
offerings thereon
, let
Jehovah
himself require
it;
But
in
fact
we have done this for
fear
that
in the
future
your descendants
might say
to
ours
, ‘
What have you
to do with the
LORD
, the God of Israel?
and
if
we have not
`rather'
out
of
carefulness
done this ,
`and'
of
purpose,
saying,
In time
to
come
your children
might speak
unto
our
children
, saying,
What have ye
to do with Jehovah
, the God of Israel?
For the
LORD
has
made the Jordan a border between us and you Reubenites
and Gadites.
You
have no share
in the
LORD!’
So your descendants
could
cause
ours
to
stop
fearing the
LORD
.
for Jehovah
hath
made the Jordan a border between us and you ,
ye
children
of
Reuben
and children
of
Gad;
ye
have no portion
in Jehovah:
so might
your children
make
our
children
cease
from
fearing Jehovah
.
That
is
why
we said, ‘
Let us take
action
and
build an altar for
ourselves
, but
not for burnt offerings
or
sacrifices.
Therefore
we said, Let us now
prepare
to
build us
an altar, not for burnt -offering,
nor
for
sacrifice:
Rather,
let
it be a witness between us and you and the
generations to
come
, that we will
worship
the LORD
in
His
presence
with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings .’
Then
in
the
future,
your descendants
cannot
say to ours
, ‘You
have no share
in the
LORD!’
but
it shall
be a witness between us and you ,
and between
our
generations after
us
, that we may
do
the service
of
Jehovah
before
him
with our burnt -
offerings, and
with
our
sacrifices, and with
our
peace -
offerings ;
that
your children
may
not
say to our
children
in
time
to
come
, Ye
have no portion
in Jehovah.
Therefore we
said, ‘If
they ever
say this
to us or to our descendants
, we will
answer:
Look
at
the replica
of the altar of the
LORD
that
our fathers made, not for burnt offerings
or
sacrifices
, but as
a witness between us and you. ’
Therefore said we
, It
shall
be,
when
they so
say to us or to our generations
in
time
to
come
, that
we shall
say,
Behold
the pattern
of the altar of Jehovah,
which
our fathers made, not for burnt -offering
, nor
for
sacrifice;
but it
is
a witness between us and you.
Far be it from us to
rebel against the
LORD
and turn away from Him
today
by
building
an altar for burnt offerings
, grain
offerings
, or sacrifices
, other
than
the altar of the
LORD
our God ,
which
stands
before His tabernacle. ”
Far be it from us that
we
should
rebel against Jehovah,
and turn away this
day
from following
Jehovah,
to
build
an altar for burnt -offering
, for
meal-offering
, or for
sacrifice
, besides
the altar of Jehovah
our God that
is
before his tabernacle.
When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs
of the congregation —
the heads of Israel’s
clans
who
were with him —
heard what
the descendants
of Reuben ,
Gad ,
and Manasseh had
to
say
, they
were
satisfied
.
And
when Phinehas the priest ,
and the princes
of the congregation ,
even
the heads of the
thousands
of
Israel
that
were with him ,
heard the words
that
the
children
of Reuben and
the
children
of
Gad and the
children
of
Manasseh spake
, it
pleased
them
well
.
Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to
the descendants
of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today
we know that the
LORD
is among
us, because you
have not committed this breach
of
faith
against Him.
Consequently,
you
have delivered the Israelites
from
the hand of the
LORD
. ”
And
Phinehas the
son of Eleazar the priest said unto
the children
of Reuben, and
to
the
children
of
Gad, and to
the
children
of
Manasseh, This
day
we know that Jehovah
is in
the
midst
of
us, because ye
have not committed this trespass
against Jehovah:
now
have ye
delivered the children
of
Israel
out
of
the hand of Jehovah
.
Then
Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, together
with
the other
leaders
, returned to
the
Israelites
in
the land
of Canaan
and brought
back
a
report
regarding
the Reubenites
and
Gadites
in
the land of Gilead.
And
Phinehas the
son of Eleazar the priest, and
the princes
, returned from
the children
of Reuben,
and from
the children
of
Gad,
out
of
the land of Gilead ,
unto
the
land
of
Canaan,
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
brought
them
word
again
.
The Israelites
were
satisfied
with
the report,
and they
blessed God and spoke
no more about
going to
war
against them to destroy the land where
the Reubenites
and Gadites
lived
.
And
the thing
pleased
the children
of
Israel;
and the
children
of
Israel
blessed God ,
and spake
no more of
going up
against them to war,
to
destroy the land wherein
the children
of
Reuben
and the
children
of
Gad
dwelt
.
So
the Reubenites
and Gadites
named
the altar Witness,
for they
said, “
It is a witness between us that the
LORD
is God. ”
And
the children
of
Reuben
and the children
of
Gad
called
the
altar `Ed':
For ,
`
said they'
, it is a witness between us that Jehovah
is God.
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