Joshua 22

1 then to call: call to Joshua to/for Reubenite and to/for Gad and to/for half tribe Manasseh

Then Joshua summoned the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

2 and to say to(wards) them you(m. p.) to keep: obey [obj] all which to command [obj] you Moses servant/slave LORD and to hear: obey in/on/with voice my to/for all which to command [obj] you

He told them, “You have done everything that Moses, the servant of the Lord, told you to do, and you have followed all the commands I gave you.

3 not to leave: forsake [obj] brother: compatriot your this day many till [the] day: today [the] this and to keep: careful [obj] charge commandment LORD God your

You have never abandoned your brothers all this time, right up to the present day. You have carefully followed what the Lord your God ordered you to do.

4 and now to rest LORD God your to/for brother: compatriot your like/as as which to speak: promise to/for them and now to turn and to go: went to/for you to/for tent your to(wards) land: country/planet possession your which to give: give to/for you Moses servant/slave LORD in/on/with side: beside [the] Jordan

Now that the Lord your God has given peace to your brothers, as he promised, go back home to your land that Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you on the other side of the Jordan.

5 except to keep: careful much to/for to make: do [obj] [the] commandment and [obj] [the] instruction which to command [obj] you Moses servant/slave LORD to/for to love: lover [obj] LORD God your and to/for to go: walk in/on/with all way: conduct his and to/for to keep: obey commandment his and to/for to cleave in/on/with him and to/for to serve: minister him in/on/with all heart your and in/on/with all soul your

But make sure you keep the commandments and the law as Moses instructed you. Love the Lord your God, follow all his ways, keep his commandments, stay close to him, and serve him with your whole being.”

6 and to bless them Joshua and to send: depart them and to go: went to(wards) tent their

Joshua blessed them, sent them on their way, and they went home.

7 and to/for half tribe [the] Manasseh to give: give Moses in/on/with Bashan and to/for half his to give: give Joshua with brother: compatriot their (in/on/with side: beside *QK) [the] Jordan sea: west [to] and also for to send: depart them Joshua to(wards) tent: home their and to bless them

Moses had given to the half-tribe of Manasseh the land of Bashan, and to the other half of the tribe Joshua had given land west of the Jordan. Joshua blessed them and sent them home.

8 and to say to(wards) them to/for to say in/on/with wealth many to return: return to(wards) tent your and in/on/with livestock many much in/on/with silver: money and in/on/with gold and in/on/with bronze and in/on/with iron and in/on/with garment to multiply much to divide spoil enemy your with brother: compatriot your

He told them, “Take all the wealth you have gained back home: the great herds of livestock, the things made of gold, silver, copper, and iron, the huge quantity of clothes. Share all this plunder with your brothers.”

9 and to return: return and to go: went son: descendant/people Reuben and son: descendant/people Gad and half tribe [the] Manasseh from with son: descendant/people Israel from Shiloh which in/on/with land: country/planet Canaan to/for to go: went to(wards) land: country/planet [the] Gilead to(wards) land: country/planet possession their which to grasp in/on/with her upon lip: word LORD in/on/with hand: by Moses

So the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the rest of the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and went home to their land in Gilead that they had received at the Lord's command through Moses.

10 and to come (in): come to(wards) border [the] Jordan which in/on/with land: country/planet Canaan and to build son: descendant/people Reuben and son: descendant/people Gad and half tribe [the] Manasseh there altar upon [the] Jordan altar great: large to/for appearance

When they approached the Jordan region, still in the land of Canaan, the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built a large and impressive altar beside the Jordan River.

11 and to hear: hear son: descendant/people Israel to/for to say behold to build son: descendant/people Reuben and son: descendant/people Gad and half tribe [the] Manasseh [obj] [the] altar to(wards) opposite land: country/planet Canaan to(wards) border [the] Jordan to(wards) side: beside son: descendant/people Israel

The Israelites were told, “Look, the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the Jordan region of the land of Canaan, on the side belonging to the Israelities.”

12 and to hear: hear son: descendant/people Israel and to gather all congregation son: descendant/people Israel Shiloh to/for to ascend: attack upon them to/for army: war

The Israelites gathered at Shiloh to go to war against them.

13 and to send: depart son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) son: descendant/people Reuben and to(wards) son: descendant/people Gad and to(wards) half tribe Manasseh to(wards) land: country/planet [the] Gilead [obj] Phinehas son: child Eleazar [the] priest

Before they did so, they sent Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead.

14 and ten leader with him leader one leader one to/for house: household father to/for all tribe Israel and man: anyone head: leader house: household father their they(masc.) to/for thousand: clan Israel

Ten leaders went with him, one from each of the ten tribes of Israel, and each the head of his family.

15 and to come (in): come to(wards) son: descendant/people Reuben and to(wards) son: descendant/people Gad and to(wards) half tribe Manasseh to(wards) land: country/planet [the] Gilead and to speak: speak with them to/for to say

After they arrived they told the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

16 thus to say all congregation LORD what? [the] unfaithfulness [the] this which be unfaithful in/on/with God Israel to/for to return: return [the] day: today from after LORD in/on/with to build you to/for you altar to/for to rebel you [the] day: today in/on/with LORD

“This is what all of the Lord's people say, ‘What is this disloyal act you have committed against the God of Israel by building an altar for yourselves? How could you turn away from him now in such rebellion?

17 little to/for us [obj] iniquity: crime Peor which not be pure from him till [the] day [the] this and to be [the] plague in/on/with congregation LORD

Wasn't our sin at Peor enough? Even now we're still not clean from the plague that attacked the Lord's people.

18 and you(m. p.) to return: return [the] day: today from after LORD and to be you(m. p.) to rebel [the] day: today in/on/with LORD and tomorrow to(wards) all congregation Israel be angry

So why are you turning away from the Lord now? If you rebel against the Lord today, he will be angry with all of us tomorrow!

19 and surely if unclean land: country/planet possession your to pass to/for you to(wards) land: country/planet possession LORD which to dwell there tabernacle LORD and to grasp in/on/with midst our and in/on/with LORD not to rebel and with us to(wards) to rebel in/on/with to build you to/for you altar from beside altar LORD God our

But if you think your land is tainted then come over to the land of the Lord where the Tabernacle of the Lord is located and share some of our land with us. Just don't rebel against the Lord, or against us, by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the Lord our God.

20 not Achan son: child Zerah be unfaithful unfaithfulness in/on/with devoted thing and upon all congregation Israel to be wrath and he/she/it man one not to die in/on/with iniquity: crime his

When Achan, son of Zerah, acted disloyally in taking consecrated things, didn't the whole of Israel suffer punishment? He wasn't the only one who died because of his sin!”

21 and to answer son: descendant/people Reuben and son: descendant/people Gad and half tribe [the] Manasseh and to speak: speak with head: leader thousand: clan Israel

Then the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the Israelite leaders,

22 God God LORD God God LORD he/she/it to know and Israel he/she/it to know if in/on/with rebellion and if in/on/with unfaithfulness in/on/with LORD not to save us [the] day: today [the] this

“The Lord is God of gods, the Lord is God of gods, and he knows! May Israel also know! If we're in rebellion against God or being disloyal to him then kill us right now!

23 to/for to build to/for us altar to/for to return: turn back from after LORD and if to/for to ascend: offer up upon him burnt offering and offering and if to/for to make: offer upon him sacrifice peace offering LORD he/she/it to seek

If our action of building an altar was to turn away from the Lord, or to use the altar to make burnt offerings or grain offerings or friendship offerings, then may the Lord punish us.

24 and if: surely no not from anxiety from word: thing to make: do [obj] this to/for to say tomorrow to say son: descendant/people your to/for son: descendant/people our to/for to say what? to/for you and to/for LORD God Israel

We did this because we were worried that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ‘What have you got to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?

25 and border: boundary to give: make LORD between us and between you son: descendant/people Reuben and son: descendant/people Gad [obj] [the] Jordan nothing to/for you portion in/on/with LORD and to cease son: descendant/people your [obj] son: descendant/people our to/for lest to fear: revere [obj] LORD

The Lord put a border—the Jordan River—between us and you, descendants of Reuben and Gad. You don't belong to the Lord.’ So your descendants might stop our descendants from worshiping the Lord.

26 and to say to make please to/for us to/for to build [obj] [the] altar not to/for burnt offering and not to/for sacrifice

So we said to ourselves, ‘Let's build an altar, not for burnt offerings or for sacrifices,

27 for witness he/she/it between us and between you and between generation our after us to/for to serve: minister [obj] service: ministry LORD to/for face: before his in/on/with burnt offering our and in/on/with sacrifice our and in/on/with peace offering our and not to say son: descendant/people your tomorrow to/for son: descendant/people our nothing to/for you portion in/on/with LORD

but as a witness between us and you, and for the generations that come after us, that we will come to worship the Lord in his presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and friendship offerings.’ Then your descendants will not be able to say to ours in the future, ‘You don't belong to the Lord.’

28 and to say and to be for to say to(wards) us and to(wards) generation our tomorrow and to say to see: see [obj] pattern altar LORD which to make father our not to/for burnt offering and not to/for sacrifice for witness he/she/it between us and between you

If they were to do so in the future, our descendants could reply, ‘Look at this copy of the Lord's altar which our forefathers made, not for burnt offerings or for sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’

29 forbid to/for us from us to/for to rebel in/on/with LORD and to/for to return: turn back [the] day: today from after LORD to/for to build altar to/for burnt offering to/for offering and to/for sacrifice from to/for alone: besides altar LORD God our which to/for face: before tabernacle his

We would never think to rebel against the Lord or to turn away from him now by building an altar to make burnt offerings or grain offerings or sacrifices. The only altar of the Lord our God is the one stands in front of his Tabernacle.”

30 and to hear: hear Phinehas [the] priest and leader [the] congregation and head: leader thousand: clan Israel which with him [obj] [the] word which to speak: speak son: descendant/people Reuben and son: descendant/people Gad and son: descendant/people Manasseh and be good in/on/with eye their

When Phinehas and the Israelite leaders heard this from the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh they were delighted.

31 and to say Phinehas son: child Eleazar [the] priest to(wards) son: descendant/people Reuben and to(wards) son: descendant/people Gad and to(wards) son: descendant/people Manasseh [the] day to know for in/on/with midst our LORD which not be unfaithful in/on/with LORD [the] unfaithfulness [the] this then to rescue [obj] son: descendant/people Israel from hand: power LORD

Phinehas replied to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, “Today we know that the Lord is with us because you have not acted disloyally in doing this. Now you have saved the Israelites from being punished by the Lord.”

32 and to return: return Phinehas son: child Eleazar [the] priest and [the] leader from with son: descendant/people Reuben and from with son: descendant/people Gad from land: country/planet [the] Gilead to(wards) land: country/planet Canaan to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel and to return: return with them word

Then Phinehas and the Israelite leaders left the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and returned to the land of Canaan to explain the situation to the Israelites.

33 and be good [the] word in/on/with eye son: descendant/people Israel and to bless God son: descendant/people Israel and not to say to/for to ascend: attack upon them to/for army: war to/for to ruin [obj] [the] land: country/planet which son: descendant/people Reuben and son: descendant/people Gad to dwell in/on/with her

The Israelites were pleased with the report and God blessed them. They didn't talk about going to war any more to destroy the land where the tribes of Reuben and Gad were living.

34 and to call: call by son: descendant/people Reuben and son: descendant/people Gad to/for altar for witness he/she/it between us for LORD [the] God

The tribes of Reuben and Gad called the altar, “Witness,” because they said, “It is a witness between us that the Lord is also our God.”