Verse
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World English Bible
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Then Joshua called
the Reubenites, and
the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh ,
Then Joshua summoned
the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
and said
to
them, You have kept
all that Moses the servant of Yahweh
commanded you, and have listened
to
my voice in all that I commanded you :
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 .
you have not left
your brothers these
many
days
to this day, but have kept the charge of
the commandment
of
Yahweh
your God.
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.
Now Yahweh
your God has given rest
to
your brothers ,
as he spoke
to
them :
therefore
now
turn
you
, and
get
you to your tents,
to
the land of
your
possession,
which
Moses the servant of Yahweh
gave you beyond
the Jordan.
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.
Only
take
diligent
heed
to do
the commandment and the law which
Moses the servant of Yahweh
commanded
you ,
to love Yahweh
your God, and
to walk in all his ways, and
to keep his commandments, and
to cleave
to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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. ”
So Joshua blessed them ,
and sent them away;
and they went to their tents
.
So Joshua blessed them and sent them on
their
way,
and they went to their homes
.
Now
to the one
half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given [inheritance]
in Bashan ;
but
to the other half gave
Joshua among their brothers beyond
the
Jordan
westward;
moreover
when Joshua sent them away
to their tents,
he blessed them,
(
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,
and
spoke
to
them,
saying, Return with
much
wealth
to your tents
, and
with very
much
cattle
, with silver, and
with
gold, and
with
brass
, and
with
iron, and with
very much
clothing:
divide the spoil of your enemies with
your
brothers
.
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. ”
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
to the
land of Gilead, to
the
land
of
their
possession,
which they owned,
according to the commandment
of Yahweh
by
Moses.
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.
When they came to 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
on
.
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.
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
pertains
to
the
children
of
Israel
.
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. ”
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.
And
when they
heard this
, the whole congregation of Israel assembled
at Shiloh to go to war against
them
.
The children
of
Israel
sent to 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,
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
with him ten princes,
one prince
of
a
fathers'
house
for
each of
the
tribes
of Israel ;
and
they
were
everyone
of
them
head of their
fathers'
houses
among the thousands
of Israel.
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.
They came
to the children
of
Reuben
, and
to
the children
of
Gad
, and to
the half-tribe of Manasseh ,
to
the land of Gilead ,
and they
spoke
with
them, saying,
They went
to the Reubenites
, the Gadites
, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in
the land of Gilead and said
to
them,
Thus
says
the whole congregation of Yahweh,
What trespass
is this that
you have committed against the God of Israel ,
to
turn
away this
day
from following
Yahweh,
in
that
you
have
built
you
an altar, to
rebel this day against
Yahweh
?
“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?
Is
the iniquity
of Peor too
little
for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day ,
although
there
came
a plague on
the congregation of Yahweh,
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.
that
you must
turn away this
day
from following
Yahweh
? and
it
will
be,
seeing
you rebel today against Yahweh
, that
tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
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.
However,
if the land of your possession
be
unclean, then pass
over to the land of the possession of
Yahweh
, in
which
Yahweh's
tent
dwells
, and take possession among us :
but don't
rebel against Yahweh,
nor
rebel
against us ,
in
building you
an altar besides
the altar of Yahweh
our God.
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.
Didn't
Achan the
son of Zerah commit
a
trespass
in
the
devoted
thing
, and
wrath fell
on
all
the congregation of Israel? and
that
man
didn't
perish
alone
in
his iniquity.
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!’”
Then the children
of
Reuben
and
the children
of
Gad
and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered ,
and
spoke
to
the heads
of the thousands
of Israel ,
Then the Reubenites,
the Gadites,
and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders
of the clans
of Israel :
The Mighty One, God ,
Yahweh
, the Mighty One, God ,
Yahweh,
he knows ;
and Israel he
shall
know :
if it
be
in rebellion ,
or if
in
trespass
against Yahweh
(don't
save
us
this
day)
,
“
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.
that
we have built us
an altar to turn away from following
Yahweh;
or
if
to offer thereon
burnt offering
or
meal-offering
, or if
to offer
sacrifices
of
peace-
offerings thereon
, let
Yahweh
himself require
it;
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.
and
if
we have not
[rather]
out
of
carefulness
done this ,
[and]
of
purpose,
saying,
In time
to
come
your children
might speak
to our
children,
saying
, What have you to do with Yahweh
, the God of Israel?
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?
for Yahweh
has made the Jordan a border between us and you ,
you
children
of
Reuben
and children
of
Gad;
you have no portion
in Yahweh:
so might
your children
make
our
children
cease
from
fearing Yahweh
.
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
.
Therefore
we said, Let us now
prepare
to
build us
an altar, not for burnt offering,
nor
for
sacrifice:
That
is
why
we said, ‘
Let us take
action
and
build an altar for
ourselves
, but
not for burnt offerings
or
sacrifices.
but
it shall
be a witness between us and you ,
and between
our
generations after
us
, that we may
do
the service
of
Yahweh
before
him
with our burnt offerings, and
with
our
sacrifices, and with
our
peace -
offerings ;
that
your
children
may
not
tell
our
children
in time
to come
, You have no portion
in Yahweh.
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!’
Therefore said
we ,
It
shall
be
, when
they so
tell
us or to our generations
in
time
to
come
, that
we shall
say,
Behold
the pattern
of the altar of Yahweh,
which
our fathers made, not for burnt offering
, nor
for
sacrifice;
but it
is
a witness between us and you.
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. ’
Far be it from us that
we
should
rebel against Yahweh,
and turn away this
day
from following
Yahweh,
to
build
an altar for burnt -offering
, for
meal-offering
, or for
sacrifice
, besides
the altar of Yahweh
our God that
is
before his tent
.
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
. ”
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 spoke
, it
pleased
them
well
.
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
.
Phinehas the
son of Eleazar the priest said to the children
of Reuben, and
to
the
children
of
Gad, and to
the
children
of
Manasseh, This
day
we know that Yahweh
is
in
the midst
of
us, because you have not committed this trespass
against Yahweh:
now
have
you delivered the children
of
Israel
out
of
the hand of Yahweh
.
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
. ”
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 ,
to
the
land
of
Canaan,
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
brought
them
word
again
.
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.
The thing
pleased
the children
of
Israel;
and the
children
of
Israel
blessed God ,
and spoke no more of
going up
against
them
to war ,
to destroy the land in
which
the children
of
Reuben
and the
children
of
Gad
lived.
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.
The children
of
Reuben
and the
children
of
Gad
called
the altar [Ed]:
For
, [said
they ]
, it is a witness between us that Yahweh
is God.
So
the Reubenites
and Gadites
named
the altar Witness
, for
they said
, “
It is a witness between us that the
LORD
is God. ”
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