Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And when the children of Israel had heard of it, and certain messengers brought them an account that the children of Ruben, and of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses had built an altar in the land of Chanaan, upon the banks of the Jordan, over against the children of Israel: heard Leviticus 17:8,9 And thou shalt say to them: The man of the house of Israel, and of the strangers who sojourn among you, that offereth a holocaust or a victim, . . . Deuteronomy 12:5-7 But you shall come to the place, which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, and to dwell in it: . . . Deuteronomy 13:12-14 If in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God shall give thee to dwell in, thou hear some say: . . . John 20:1,12 And on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalen cometh early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre: and she saw the stone taken away from the sepulchre. . . . at the passage Joshua 2:7 Now they that were sent, pursued after them, by the way that leadeth to the fords of the Jordan: and as soon as they were gone out, the gate was presently shut. Joshua 3:14-16 So the people went out of their tents, to pass over the Jordan: and the priests that carried the ark of the covenant, went on before them. . . . Judges 12:5 And the Galaadites secured the fords of the Jordan, by which Ephraim was to return. And when any one of the number of Ephraim came thither in the flight, and said: I beseech you let me pass: the Galaadites said to him: Art thou not an Ephraimite? If he said: I am not: John 1:28 These things were done in Bethania, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. Context The Offensive Altar…10And when they were come to banks of the Jordan, in the land of Chanaan, they built an altar immensely great near the Jordan. 11And when the children of Israel had heard of it, and certain messengers brought them an account that the children of Ruben, and of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses had built an altar in the land of Chanaan, upon the banks of the Jordan, over against the children of Israel:12They all assembled in Silo, to go up and fight against them.… Cross References Deuteronomy 12:5 But you shall come to the place, which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, and to dwell in it: Joshua 22:10 And when they were come to banks of the Jordan, in the land of Chanaan, they built an altar immensely great near the Jordan. Joshua 22:16 Thus saith all the people of the Lord: What meaneth this transgression? Why have you forsaken the Lord the God of Israel, building a sacrilegious altar, and revolting from the worship of him? Joshua 22:19 But if you think the land of your possession to be unclean, pass over to the land wherein is the tabernacle of the Lord, and dwell among us: only depart not from the Lord, and from our society, by building an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God. Lexicon Then the Israelitesבְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son received וַיִּשְׁמְע֥וּ (way·yiš·mə·‘ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently the report: לֵאמֹ֑ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “Behold, הִנֵּ֣ה (hin·nêh) Interjection Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold! the Reubenites, בְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son the Gadites, וּבְנֵי־ (ū·ḇə·nê-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son and the half-tribe וַחֲצִי֩ (wa·ḥă·ṣî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 2677: The half, middle of Manasseh הַֽמְנַשֶּׁ֜ה (ham·naš·šeh) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4519: Manasseh -- 'causing to forget', a son of Joseph, also a king of Judah, also two Israelites have built בָנ֣וּ (ḇā·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build an altar הַמִּזְבֵּ֗חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar on אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the border מוּל֙ (mūl) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 4136: Abrupt, a precipice, the front, opposite of the land אֶ֣רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land of Canaan, כְּנַ֔עַן (kə·na·‘an) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3667: Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan at אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to Geliloth גְּלִילוֹת֙ (gə·lî·lō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1552: A circuit, boundary, territory, also a district in Palestine near the Jordan הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן (hay·yar·dên) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3383: Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine on אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the Israelite בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son side.” עֵ֖בֶר (‘ê·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 5676: A region across, on the opposite side Additional Translations Then the Israelites received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”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. 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 in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertaineth to the children of Israel. And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse have built an alter at the borders of the land of Chanaan at Galaad of Jordan, on the opposite side to the children of Israel. 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 districts of the Jordan, separately from the children of Israel. 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 in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about Jordan, on the side that pertaineth to the children of Israel. And the children of Israel heard it said, 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. The children of Israel heard this, "Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertains to the children of Israel." 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.' 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