Joshua:22

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ylt @Joshua:22:1 @Then Joshua calleth for the Reubenite , and for the Gadite , and for the half of the tribe of Manasseh , ylt @Joshua:22:2 @and saith unto them , 'Ye -- ye have kept the whole of that which Moses , servant of Jehovah , commanded you , and ye hearken to my voice , to all that I have commanded you ; ylt @Joshua:22:3 @ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day , and have kept the charge -- the command of Jehovah your God . ylt @Joshua:22:4 @'And , now , Jehovah your God hath given rest to your brethren , as He spake to them ; and now , turn ye , and go for yourselves to your tents , unto the land of your possession , which Moses , servant of Jehovah , hath given to you beyond the Jordan . ylt @Joshua:22:5 @Only , be very watchful to do the command and the law which Moses , servant of Jehovah , commanded you , to love Jehovah your God , and to walk in all His ways , and to keep His commands , and to cleave to Him , and to serve Him , with all your heart , and with all your soul .' ylt @Joshua:22:6 @And Joshua blesseth them , and sendeth them away , and they go unto their tents . ylt @Joshua:22:7 @And to the half of the tribe of Manasseh hath Moses given , in Bashan , and to its [other ] half hath Joshua given with their brethren beyond the Jordan westward ; and also when Joshua hath sent them away unto their tents , then he doth bless them , ylt @Joshua:22:8 @and speak unto them , saying , 'With great riches turn ye back 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 .' ylt @Joshua:22:9 @And the sons of Reuben , and the sons of Gad , and the half of the tribe of Manasseh , turn back and go from the sons of Israel out of Shiloh , which [is ] in the land of Canaan , to go unto the land of Gilead , unto the land of their possession , in which they have possession , according to the command of Jehovah , by the hand of Moses ; ylt @Joshua:22:10 @and they come in unto the districts of the Jordan , which [are ] in the land of Canaan , and the sons of Reuben , and the sons of Gad , and the half of the tribe of Manasseh , build there an altar by the Jordan -- a great altar for appearance . ylt @Joshua:22:11 @And the sons of Israel hear , saying , 'Lo , the sons of Reuben , and the sons of Gad , and the half of the tribe of Manasseh , have built the altar over-against the land of Canaan , on the districts of the Jordan , at the passage of the sons of Israel .' ylt @Joshua:22:12 @And the sons of Israel hear , and all the company of the sons of Israel is assembled at Shiloh , to go up against them to war ; ylt @Joshua:22:13 @and the sons of Israel send unto the sons of Reuben , and unto the sons of Gad , and unto the half of the tribe of Manasseh -- unto the land of Gilead -- Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest , ylt @Joshua:22:14 @and ten princes with him , one prince , one prince , for a house of a father , for all the tribes of Israel , and each of them a head of a house of their fathers , for the thousands of Israel . ylt @Joshua:22:15 @And they come in unto the sons of Reuben , and unto the sons of Gad , and unto the half of the tribe of Manasseh , unto the land of Gilead , and speak with them , saying , ylt @Joshua:22:16 @'Thus said all the company of Jehovah , What [is ] this trespass which ye have trespassed against the God of Israel , to turn back to-day from after Jehovah , by your building for you an altar , for your rebelling to-day against Jehovah ? ylt @Joshua:22:17 @Is the iniquity of Peor little to us , from which we have not been cleansed till this day -- and the plague is in the company of Jehovah , ylt @Joshua:22:18 @that ye turn back to-day from after Jehovah ? and it hath been -- ye rebel to-day against Jehovah -- and to-morrow against all the company of Israel He is wroth . ylt @Joshua:22:19 @'And surely , if the land of your possession is unclean , pass over for you unto the land of the possession of Jehovah , where the tabernacle of Jehovah hath tabernacled , and have possession in our midst ; and against Jehovah rebel not , and against us rebel not , by your building for you an altar , besides the altar of Jehovah our God . ylt @Joshua:22:20 @Did not Achan son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing , and on all the company of Israel there was wrath ? and he alone expired not in his iniquity .' ylt @Joshua:22:21 @And the sons of Reuben , and the sons of Gad , and the half of the tribe of Manasseh , answer and speak with the heads of the thousands of Israel : ylt @Joshua:22:22 @'The God of gods -- Jehovah , the God of gods -- Jehovah , He is knowing , and Israel , he doth know , if in rebellion , and if in trespass against Jehovah (Thou dost not save us this day !) ylt @Joshua:22:23 @[we are ] building for ourselves an altar to turn back from after Jehovah , and if to cause to go up on it burnt-offering and present , and if to make on it peace-offerings -- Jehovah Himself doth require [it ]. ylt @Joshua:22:24 @'And if not , from fear of [this ] thing we have done it , saying , Hereafter your sons do speak to ours sons , saying , What to you and to Jehovah God of Israel ? ylt @Joshua:22:25 @for a border hath Jehovah put between us and you , O sons of Reuben , and sons of Gad -- Jordan ; ye have no portion in Jehovah -- and your sons have caused our sons to cease , not to fear Jehovah . ylt @Joshua:22:26 @'And we say , Pray let us prepare for ourselves to build the altar -- not for burnt-offering nor for sacrifice -- ylt @Joshua:22:27 @but a witness it [is ] between us and you , and between our generations after us , to do the service of Jehovah before Him with our burnt-offerings , and with our sacrifices , and with our peace-offerings , and your sons do not say hereafter to our sons , Ye have no portion in Jehovah . ylt @Joshua:22:28 @'And we say , And it hath been , when they say [so ] unto us , and unto our generations hereafter , that we have said , See the pattern of the altar of Jehovah , which our fathers made -- not for burnt-offering nor for sacrifice -- but a witness it [is ] between us and you . ylt @Joshua:22:29 @'Far be it from us to rebel against Jehovah , and to turn back to-day from after Jehovah , to build an altar for burnt-offering , for present , and for sacrifice , apart from the altar of Jehovah our God , which [is ] before His tabernacle .' ylt @Joshua:22:30 @And Phinehas the priest , and the princes of the company , and the heads of the thousands of Israel , who [are ] with him , hear the words which the sons of Reuben , and the sons of Gad , and the sons of Manasseh have spoken , and it is good in their eyes . ylt @Joshua:22:31 @And Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest saith unto the sons of Reuben , and unto the sons of Gad , and unto the sons of Manasseh , 'To-day we have known that Jehovah [is ] in our midst , because ye have not committed against Jehovah this trespass -- then ye have delivered the sons of Israel out of the hand of Jehovah .' ylt @Joshua:22:32 @And Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest , and the princes , turn back from the sons of Reuben , and from the sons of Gad , out of the land of Gilead , unto the land of Canaan , unto the sons of Israel , and bring them back word ; ylt @Joshua:22:33 @and the thing is good in the eyes of the sons of Israel , and the sons of Israel bless God , and have not said to go up against them to war , to destroy the land which the sons of Reuben , and the sons of Gad , are dwelling in . ylt @Joshua:22:34 @And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad proclaim concerning the altar , that 'it [is ] a witness between us that Jehovah [is ] God .'

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