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1. At that time Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
1. Then H227 Joshua H3091 called H7121 the Reubenites H7206 , and the Gadites H1425 , and the half H2677 tribe H4294 of Manasseh H4519 ,
2. and said to them: "You have done all that Moses, the servant of the LORD, commanded you, and have obeyed every command I gave you.
2. And said H559 unto H413 them, Ye H859 have kept H8104 H853 all H3605 that H834 Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 you , and have obeyed H8085 my voice H6963 in all H3605 that H834 I commanded H6680 you:
3. For many years now you have not once abandoned your kinsmen, but have faithfully carried out the commands of the LORD, your God.
3. Ye have not H3808 left H5800 H853 your brethren H251 these H2088 many H7227 days H3117 unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 , but have kept H8104 H853 the charge H4931 of the commandment H4687 of the LORD H3068 your God H430 .
4. Since, therefore, the LORD, your God, has settled your kinsmen as he promised them, you may now return to your tents beyond the Jordan; to your own land, which Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave you.
4. And now H6258 the LORD H3068 your God H430 hath given rest H5117 unto your brethren H251 , as H834 he promised H1696 them : therefore now H6258 return H6437 ye , and get H1980 you unto your tents H168 , and unto H413 the land H776 of your possession H272 , which H834 Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of the LORD H3068 gave H5414 you on the other side H5676 Jordan H3383 .
5. But be very careful to observe the precept and law which Moses, the servant of the LORD, enjoined upon you: love the LORD, your God; follow him faithfully; keep his commandments; remain loyal to him; and serve him with your whole heart and soul."
5. But H7535 take diligent H3966 heed H8104 to do H6213 H853 the commandment H4687 and the law H8451 , which H834 Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of the LORD H3068 charged H6680 you , to love H157 H853 the LORD H3068 your God H430 , and to walk H1980 in all H3605 his ways H1870 , and to keep H8104 his commandments H4687 , and to cleave H1692 unto him , and to serve H5647 him with all H3605 your heart H3824 and with all H3605 your soul H5315 .
6. Joshua then blessed them and sent them away to their own tents.
6. So Joshua H3091 blessed H1288 them , and sent them away H7971 : and they went H1980 unto H413 their tents H168 .
7. (For, to half the tribe of Manasseh Moses had assigned land in Bashan; and to the other half Joshua had given a portion along with their kinsmen west of the Jordan.) What Joshua said to them when he sent them off to their tents with his blessing was,
7. Now to the one half H2677 of the tribe H7626 of Manasseh H4519 Moses H4872 had given H5414 possession in Bashan H1316 : but unto the other half H2677 thereof gave H5414 Joshua H3091 among H5973 their brethren H251 on this side H5676 Jordan H3383 westward H3220 . And when H3588 Joshua H3091 sent them away H7971 also H1571 unto H413 their tents H168 , then he blessed H1288 them,
8. "Now that you are returning to your own tents with great wealth, with very numerous livestock, with silver, gold, bronze and iron, and with a very large supply of clothing, divide these spoils of your enemies with your kinsmen there."
8. And he spoke H559 unto H413 them, saying H559 , Return H7725 with much H7227 riches H5233 unto H413 your tents H168 , and with very H3966 much H7227 cattle H4735 , with silver H3701 , and with gold H2091 , and with brass H5178 , and with iron H1270 , and with very H3966 much H7235 raiment H8008 : divide H2505 the spoil H7998 of your enemies H341 with H5973 your brethren H251 .
9. So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the other Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and returned to the land of Gilead, their own property, which they had received according to the LORD'S command through Moses.
9. And the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the children H1121 of Gad H1410 and the half H2677 tribe H7626 of Manasseh H4519 returned H7725 , and departed H1980 from H4480 H854 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 out of Shiloh H4480 H7887 , which H834 is in the land H776 of Canaan H3667 , to go H1980 unto H413 the country H776 of Gilead H1568 , to H413 the land H776 of their possession H272 , whereof H834 they were possessed H270 , according H5921 to the word H6310 of the LORD H3068 by the hand H3027 of Moses H4872 .
10. When the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh came to the region of the Jordan in the land of Canaan, they built there at the Jordan a conspicuously large altar.
10. And when they came H935 unto H413 the borders H1552 of Jordan H3383 , that H834 are in the land H776 of Canaan H3667 , the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the children H1121 of Gad H1410 and the half H2677 tribe H7626 of Manasseh H4519 built H1129 there H8033 an altar H4196 by H5921 Jordan H3383 , a great H1419 altar H4196 to see H4758 to.
11. The other Israelites heard the report that the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had built an altar in the region of the Jordan facing the land of Canaan, across from them,
11. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 heard H8085 say H559 , Behold H2009 , the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the children H1121 of Gad H1410 and the half H2677 tribe H7626 of Manasseh H4519 have built H1129 H853 an altar H4196 over against H413 H4136 the land H776 of Canaan H3667 , in H413 the borders H1552 of Jordan H3383 , at H413 the passage H1552 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
12. and therefore they assembled their whole community at Shiloh to declare war on them.
12. And when the children H1121 of Israel H3478 heard H8085 of it , the whole H3605 congregation H5712 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 gathered themselves together H6950 at Shiloh H7887 , to go H5927 up to war H6635 against H5921 them.
13. First, however, they sent to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead an embassy consisting of Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest,
13. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 sent H7971 unto H413 the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 , and to H413 the children H1121 of Gad H1410 , and to H413 the half H2677 tribe H7626 of Manasseh H4519 , into H413 the land H776 of Gilead H1568 , H853 Phinehas H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 ,
14. and ten princes, one from every tribe of Israel, each one being both prince and military leader of his ancestral house.
14. And with H5973 him ten H6235 princes H5387 , of each chief H5387 H259 H5387 H259 house H1004 a prince H1 throughout all H3605 the tribes H4294 of Israel H3478 ; and each one H376 was a head H7218 of the house H1004 of their fathers H1 among the thousands H505 of Israel H3478 .
15. When these came to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead, they said to them:
15. And they came H935 unto H413 the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 , and to H413 the children H1121 of Gad H1410 , and to H413 the half H2677 tribe H7626 of Manasseh H4519 , unto H413 the land H776 of Gilead H1568 , and they spoke H1696 with H854 them, saying H559 ,
16. "The whole community of the LORD sends this message: What act of treachery is this you have committed against the God of Israel? You have seceded from the LORD this day, and rebelled against him by building an altar of your own!
16. Thus H3541 saith H559 the whole H3605 congregation H5712 of the LORD H3068 , What H4100 trespass H4604 is this H2088 that H834 ye have committed H4603 against the God H430 of Israel H3478 , to turn away H7725 this day H3117 from following H4480 H310 the LORD H3068 , in that ye have built H1129 you an altar H4196 , that ye might rebel H4775 this day H3117 against the LORD H3068 ?
17. For the sin of Peor, a plague came upon the community of the LORD.
17. Is H853 the iniquity H5771 of Peor H6465 too little H4592 for us, from H4480 which H834 we are not H3808 cleansed H2891 until H5704 this H2088 day H3117 , although there was H1961 a plague H5063 in the congregation H5712 of the LORD H3068 ,
18. We are still not free of that; must you now add to it? You are rebelling against the LORD today and by tomorrow he will be angry with the whole community of Israel!
18. But that ye H859 must turn away H7725 this day H3117 from following H4480 H310 the LORD H3068 ? and it will be H1961 , seeing ye H859 rebel H4775 today H3117 against the LORD H3068 , that tomorrow H4279 he will be wroth H7107 with H413 the whole H3605 congregation H5712 of Israel H3478 .
19. If you consider the land you now possess unclean, cross over to the land the LORD possesses, where the Dwelling of the LORD stands, and share that with us. But do not rebel against the LORD, nor involve us in rebellion, by building an altar of your own in addition to the altar of the LORD, our God.
19. Notwithstanding H389 , if H518 the land H776 of your possession H272 be unclean H2931 , then pass ye over H5674 unto H413 the land H776 of the possession H272 of the LORD H3068 , wherein H834 the LORD H3068 's tabernacle H4908 dwelleth H7931 H8033 , and take possession H270 among H8432 us : but rebel H4775 not H408 against the LORD H3068 , nor H408 rebel H4775 against us , in building H1129 you an altar H4196 beside H4480 H1107 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 our God H430 .
20. When Achan, son of Zerah, violated the ban, did not wrath fall upon the entire community of Israel? Though he was but a single man, he did not perish alone for his guilt!"
20. Did not H3808 Achan H5912 the son H1121 of Zerah H2226 commit H4603 a trespass H4604 in the accursed thing H2764 , and wrath H7110 fell H1961 on H5921 all H3605 the congregation H5712 of Israel H3478 ? and that H1931 man H376 perished H1478 not H3808 alone H259 in his iniquity H5771 .
21. The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh replied to the military leaders of the Israelites: "The LORD is the God of gods.
21. Then the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the children H1121 of Gad H1410 and the half H2677 tribe H7626 of Manasseh H4519 answered H6030 , and said H1696 unto H853 the heads H7218 of the thousands H505 of Israel H3478 ,
22. The LORD, the God of gods, knows and Israel shall know. If now we have acted out of rebellion or treachery against the LORD, our God,
22. The LORD H3068 God H410 of gods H430 , the LORD H3068 God H410 of gods H430 , he H1931 knoweth H3045 , and Israel H3478 he H1931 shall know H3045 ; if H518 it be in rebellion H4777 , or if H518 in transgression H4604 against the LORD H3068 , ( save H3467 us not H408 this H2088 day H3117 ,)
23. and if we have built an altar of our own to secede from the LORD, or to offer holocausts, grain offerings or peace offerings upon it, the LORD himself will exact the penalty.
23. That we have built H1129 us an altar H4196 to turn H7725 from following H4480 H310 the LORD H3068 , or if H518 to offer H5927 thereon H5921 burnt offering H5930 or meat offering H4503 , or if H518 to offer H6213 peace H8002 offerings H2077 thereon H5921 , let the LORD H3068 himself H1931 require H1245 it ;
24. We did it rather out of our anxious concern lest in the future your children should say to our children: 'What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
24. And if H518 we have not H3808 rather done H6213 H853 it H2063 for fear H4480 H1674 of this thing H4480 H1697 , saying H559 , In time to come H4279 your children H1121 might speak H559 unto our children H1121 , saying H559 , What H4100 have ye to do with the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 ?
25. For the LORD has placed the Jordan as a boundary between you and us. You descendants of Reuben and Gad have no share in the LORD.' Thus your children would prevent ours from revering the LORD.
25. For the LORD H3068 hath made H5414 H853 Jordan H3383 a border H1366 between H996 us and you , ye children H1121 of Reuben H7205 and children H1121 of Gad H1410 ; ye have no H369 part H2506 in the LORD H3068 : so shall your children H1121 make H853 our children H1121 cease H7673 from fearing H3372 H853 the LORD H3068 .
26. So we decided to guard our interests by building this altar of our own: not for holocausts or for sacrifices,
26. Therefore we said H559 , Let us now H4994 prepare H6213 to build H1129 us H853 an altar H4196 , not H3808 for burnt H5930 offering, nor H3808 for sacrifice H2077 :
27. but as evidence for you on behalf of ourselves and our descendants, that we have the right to worship the LORD in his presence with our holocausts, sacrifices, and peace offerings. Now in the future your children cannot say to our children, 'You have no share in the LORD.'
27. But H3588 that it H1931 may be a witness H5707 between H996 us , and you , and our generations H1755 after H310 us , that we might do H5647 H853 the service H5656 of the LORD H3068 before H6440 him with our burnt offerings H5930 , and with our sacrifices H2077 , and with our peace offerings H8002 ; that your children H1121 may not H3808 say H559 to our children H1121 in time to come H4279 , Ye have no H369 part H2506 in the LORD H3068 .
28. Our thought was, that if in the future they should speak thus to us or to our descendants, we could answer: 'Look at the model of the altar of the LORD which our fathers made, not for holocausts or for sacrifices, but to witness between you and us.'
28. Therefore said H559 we , that it shall be H1961 , when H3588 they should so say H559 to H413 us or to H413 our generations H1755 in time to come H4279 , that we may say H559 again , Behold H7200 H853 the pattern H8403 of the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 , which H834 our fathers H1 made H6213 , not H3808 for burnt offerings H5930 , nor H3808 for sacrifices H2077 ; but H3588 it H1931 is a witness H5707 between H996 us and you.
29. Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD or to secede now from the LORD by building an altar for holocaust, grain offering, or sacrifice in addition to the altar of the LORD, our God, which stands before his Dwelling."
29. God forbid H2486 that we H4480 should rebel H4775 against the LORD H3068 , and turn H7725 this day H3117 from following H4480 H310 the LORD H3068 , to build H1129 an altar H4196 for burnt offerings H5930 , for meat offerings H4503 , or for sacrifices H2077 , beside H4480 H905 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 our God H430 that H834 is before H6440 his tabernacle H4908 .
30. When Phinehas the priest and the princes of the community, the military leaders of the Israelites, heard what the Reubenites, the Gadites and the Manassehites had to say, they were satisfied.
30. And when Phinehas H6372 the priest H3548 , and the princes H5387 of the congregation H5712 and heads H7218 of the thousands H505 of Israel H3478 which H834 were with H854 him, heard H8085 H853 the words H1697 that H834 the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the children H1121 of Gad H1410 and the children H1121 of Manasseh H4519 spoke H1696 , it pleased H3190 H5869 them.
31. Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest, said to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the Manassehites, "Now we know that the LORD is with us. Since you have not committed this act of treachery against the LORD, you have kept the Israelites free from punishment by the LORD."
31. And Phinehas H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 said H559 unto H413 the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 , and to H413 the children H1121 of Gad H1410 , and to H413 the children H1121 of Manasseh H4519 , This day H3117 we perceive H3045 that H3588 the LORD H3068 is among H8432 us, because H834 ye have not H3808 committed H4603 this H2088 trespass H4604 against the LORD H3068 : now H227 ye have delivered H5337 H853 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 out of the hand H4480 H3027 of the LORD H3068 .
32. Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes returned from the Reubenites and the Gadites in the land of Gilead to the Israelites in the land of Canaan, and reported the matter to them.
32. And Phinehas H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 , and the princes H5387 , returned H7725 from H4480 H854 the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 , and from H4480 H854 the children H1121 of Gad H1410 , out of the land H4480 H776 of Gilead H1568 , unto H413 the land H776 of Canaan H3667 , to H413 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , and brought them word again H7725 H853 H1697 .
33. The report satisfied the Israelites, who blessed God and decided against declaring war on the Reubenites and Gadites or ravaging the land they occupied.
33. And the thing H1697 pleased H3190 H5869 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 ; and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 blessed H1288 God H430 , and did not H3808 intend H559 to go up H5927 against H5921 them in battle H6635 , to destroy H7843 H853 the land H776 wherein H834 the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 and Gad H1410 dwelt H3427 .
34. The Reubenites and the Gadites gave the altar its name as a witness among them that the LORD is God.
34. And the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the children H1121 of Gad H1410 called H7121 the altar H4196 Ed : for H3588 it H1931 shall be a witness H5707 between H996 us that H3588 the LORD H3068 is God H430 .
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