Joshua 22:1-16 ▼

1 Then Joshua (YHWH saves) summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites (a troop / fortune), and the half-tribe of Manasseh (causing to forget)

2 and told them, “You⁺ have done all that Moses (drawn out) the servant of the LORD {YHWH} commanded you⁺, and you⁺ have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you⁺.

3 All this time you⁺ have not deserted your⁺ brothers, up to this very day, but have kept the charge given you⁺ by the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem}.

4 And now that the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem} has given your⁺ brothers rest as He promised them, you⁺ may return to your⁺ homes in the land that Moses (drawn out) the servant of the LORD gave you⁺ across the Jordan (flowing down).

5 But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses (drawn out) the servant of the LORD {YHWH} gave you⁺: to love the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem}, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your⁺ heart and with all your⁺ soul.”

6 So Joshua (YHWH saves) blessed them and sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.

7 (To the half-tribe of Manasseh (causing to forget) Moses (drawn out) had given land in Bashan (fruitful), and to the other half Joshua (YHWH saves) gave land on the west side of the Jordan (flowing down) among their brothers.) When Joshua sent them to their homes he blessed them,

8 saying, “Return to your⁺ homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your⁺ brothers the spoil of your⁺ enemies.”

9 So the Reubenites (behold a son), the Gadites (troop), and the half-tribe of Manasseh (causing to forget) left the Israelites (God prevails) at Shiloh (place of rest) in the land of Canaan (lowland) to return to their own land of Gilead (rocky region), which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD {YHWH} through Moses (drawn out).

10 And when they came to Geliloth (to the circle of stones) near the Jordan (flowing down) in the land of Canaan (lowland), the Reubenites (behold a son), the Gadites (troop), and the half-tribe of Manasseh (causing to forget) built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.

11 Then the Israelites (God prevails) received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites (behold a son), the Gadites (troop), and the half-tribe of Manasseh (causing to forget) have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan (lowland), at Geliloth (circuit) near the Jordan (flowing down) on the Israelite side.”

12 And when they (he wrestles with God) heard this, the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh (place of rest) to go to war against them.

13 The Israelites (God prevails) sent Phinehas (mouth of brass) son of Eleazar (God has helped) the priest to the land of Gilead (rocky region), to the Reubenites (behold a son), the Gadites (troop), and the half-tribe of Manasseh (causing to forget).

14 With him they sent ten chiefs—one family leader from each tribe of Israel (he wrestles with God), each the head of a family among the clans of Israel.

15 They went to the Reubenites (behold a son), the Gadites (troop), and the half-tribe of Manasseh (causing to forget) in the land of Gilead (rocky region) and said to them,

16 “This is what the whole congregation of the LORD {YHWH} says: ‘What is this breach of faith you⁺ have committed today against the God {Elohim} of Israel (he wrestles with God) by turning away from the LORD and building for yourselves an altar, that you⁺ might rebel against the LORD this day?