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Joshua

Chapter 22

1-5 Then Joshua called the Reubenites,
and the Gadites,
and the half tribe of Manasseh, 2
And said unto them,
"You have kept all that Moses the servant of Jehovah/God
commanded you,
and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.3
You have not left your brethren
these many days unto this day,
but have kept the charge of the commandment
of Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym/Godhead. 4
And now Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym/Godhead
has given rest unto your brethren,
as He promised them.
Therefore now return you,
and get you unto your tents,
and unto the land of your possession,
which Moses the servant of Jehovah/God
gave you on the other side Jordan. 5
But take diligent heed to do the commandment
and the law, which Moses the servant
of the Jehovah/God charged you,
to love Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym/Godhead,
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/'right lobe'
and with all your soul."

6 So Joshua blessed them,
and sent them away
and they went unto their tents.

7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh
Moses had given possession in Bashan
but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua
among their brethren on this side of the Jordan westward.
And when Joshua sent them away also
unto their tents, then he blessed them.

8 And he spoke unto them, saying,
"Return with much riches 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."

9 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 country of Gilead,
to the land of their possession,
whereof they were possessed,
according to the word of the Jehovah/God
by the hand of Moses.

10 And when they came unto the borders of Jordan,
that are 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 Jordan,
a great altar to see.

11 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 over against the land of Canaan,
in the borders of Jordan,
at the passage of the children of Israel."

12 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 to war against them.

13-14 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, 14
and with him ten princes,
of each chief house
a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel;
and each one was a head of the house of their fathers
among the thousands of Israel.

15-20 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 spoke with them, saying, 16
"Thus says the whole congregation of the Jehovah/God,
What trespass is this that you have committed against
the 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel?
To turn away this day from following Jehovah/God,
in that you have built you an altar,
that you might rebel this day against the Jehovah/God? 17
Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us,
from which we are not cleansed until this day,
although there was a plague
in the congregation of the Jehovah/God, 18
but that you must turn away this day
from following Jehovah/God?
And it will be, seeing you rebel today against Jehovah/God,
that tomorrow He will be wroth
with the whole congregation of Israel. 19
Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean,
then pass you over unto the land of the possession of Jehovah/God,
wherein Jehovah/God's tabernacle dwells,
and take possession among us.
But rebel not against Jehovah/God,
nor rebel against us,
in building you an altar
beside the altar of Jehovah/God our 'Elohiym/Godhead. 20
Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass
in the cherem/'accursed thing',
and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel?
And that man perished not alone in his iniquity."

21-29 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad
and the half tribe of Manasseh answered,
and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel, 22
"Jehovah/God . . .'El/God of 'Elohiym/Gods
"Jehovah/God . . .'El/God of 'Elohiym/Gods
He knows, and Israel he shall know;
if it be in rebellion,
or if in transgression against Jehovah/God,
- save us not this day - 23
that we have built us an altar to turn from following Jehovah/God,
or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering,
or if to offer peace offerings thereon,
let Jehovah/God Himself require it; 24
And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying,
'In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying,
What have you to do with Jehovah/God . . .
'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel?' 25
For Jehovah/God has made Jordan
a border between us and you,
you children of Reuben and children of Gad.
You have no part in Jehovah/God
so shall your children make our children cease
from fearing the Jehovah/God.' 26
Therefore we said,
'Let us now prepare to build us an altar,
not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice, 27
but that it may be a witness between us,
and you, and our generations after us,
that we might do the service of Jehovah/God
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,
you have no part in Jehovah/God.' 28
Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us
or to our generations in time to come,
that we may say again,
Behold the pattern of the altar of the Jehovah/God,
which our fathers made,
not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices;
but it is a witness between us and you. 29
'Let it not become so'
that we should rebel against Jehovah/God,
and turn this day from following Jehovah/God,
to build an altar for burnt offerings,
for meat offerings, or for sacrifices,
beside the altar of Jehovah/God our 'Elohiym/Godhead
that is before His tabernacle."

30 And when Phinehas the priest,
and the princes of the congregation
and heads of the thousands of Israel
who were with him,
heard the words/'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad
and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them.

31 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 perceive that Jehovah/God is among us,
because you have not committed this trespass against Jehovah/God.
Now you have delivered the children of Israel
out of the hand of Jehovah/God."

32 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.

33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel.
And the children of Israel blessed 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and did not intend to go up against them in battle,
to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad
called the altar Ed {name means witness}
for it shall be a witness between us
that Jehovah/God is 'Elohiym/Godhead.