Joshua 22:21
New International Version
Then Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh replied to the heads of the clans of Israel:

New Living Translation
Then the people of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the heads of the clans of Israel:

English Standard Version
Then the people of Reuben, the people of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh said in answer to the heads of the families of Israel,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel:

King James Bible
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,

New King James Version
Then the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh answered and said to the heads of the divisions of Israel:

New American Standard Bible
Then the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered and spoke to the heads of the families of Israel.

NASB 1995
Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered and spoke to the heads of the families of Israel.

NASB 1977
Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the families of Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel.

Amplified Bible
Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered and said to the heads of the families of Israel,

Christian Standard Bible
The Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh answered the heads of the Israelite clans,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the Israelite clans, “

American Standard Version
Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spake unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the sons of Rubil and the sons of Gad and the half of the tribe of Menasheh answered and they spoke with Phinkhas, son of Eliazer the Priest, and with the Captains of the armies of Israel, and they said to them:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse answered, and spoke to the captains of the thousands of Israel, saying,

Contemporary English Version
The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh answered:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasses answered the princes of the embassage of Israel:

English Revised Version
Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and spake unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh answered the heads of the divisions of Israel.

Good News Translation
The people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh answered the heads of the families of the western tribes:

International Standard Version
The descendants of Reuben, descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the officials of the tribes of Israel,

JPS Tanakh 1917
Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke unto the heads of the thousands of Israel:

Literal Standard Version
And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, answer and speak with the heads of the thousands of Israel:

Majority Standard Bible
Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel:

New American Bible
The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh replied to the heads of the Israelite clans:

NET Bible
The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the Israelite clans:

New Revised Standard Version
Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh said in answer to the heads of the families of Israel,

New Heart English Bible
Then the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and said to the heads of the thousands of Israel,

World English Bible
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,

Young's Literal Translation
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:

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Context
The Offensive Altar
20Was 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!’ ” 21Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel: 22“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.…

Cross References
Joshua 22:20
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!'"

Joshua 22:22
"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.


Treasury of Scripture

Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said to the heads of the thousands of Israel,

answered

Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Proverbs 16:1
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

Proverbs 18:13
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

heads

Exodus 18:21-25
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: …

Micah 5:2
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

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Joshua 22
1. The two tribes and a half with a blessing are sent home,
10. They build the altar of testimony in their journey
11. The Israelites are offended thereat
21. They vindicate their conduct, and give them good satisfaction














Verse 21. - The thousands. See above, ver. 14.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then the Reubenites,
בְּנֵי־ (bə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

the Gadites,
וּבְנֵי־ (ū·ḇə·nê-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

and the half-tribe
וַחֲצִ֖י (wa·ḥă·ṣî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2677: The half, middle

of Manasseh
הַֽמְנַשֶּׁ֑ה (ham·naš·šeh)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4519: Manasseh -- 'causing to forget', a son of Joseph, also a king of Judah, also two Israelites

answered
וַֽיַּעֲנוּ֙ (way·ya·‘ă·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond

the leaders
רָאשֵׁ֖י (rā·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7218: The head

of the clans
אַלְפֵ֥י (’al·p̄ê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 505: A thousand

of Israel,
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


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