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Joshua 22:1 (NIRV) New International Reader's Version

1 Joshua sent for the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh.
2 He said to them, "You have done everything that Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded. You have also obeyed everything I commanded.
3 For a long time now you haven't deserted the other Israelites. Instead, you have done what the Lord your God sent you to do. You have obeyed him to this very day.
4 "Now the Lord your God has given the other tribes peace and rest. That's what he promised to do. So return to your homes. They are in the land that Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you. It's on the east side of the Jordan River.
5 "Be very careful to obey the law that Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you. He commanded you to love the Lord your God. He told you to live exactly as the Lord wants you to. He told you to obey the Lord's commands. He told you to remain true to the Lord. And he told you to serve the Lord with all your heart and with all your soul."
6 Joshua gave the eastern tribes his blessing. Then he sent them home. So they went.
7 Moses had given land in Bashan to half of the tribe of Manasseh. Joshua had given land to the other half of the tribe along with the other tribes on the west side of the Jordan River. When Joshua sent them home, he blessed them.
8 He said, "Return to your homes. Take your great wealth with you. Return with your large herds of livestock. Take your silver, gold, bronze and iron with you. Return with all of your clothes. Divide up the things you have taken from your enemies. Share them with your people."
9 So the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh went home. They left the other people of Israel at Shiloh in Canaan. They returned to Gilead. That was their own land. They had gotten it in keeping with the Lord's command through Moses.
10 The tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh came to Geliloth. It was near the Jordan River in the land of Canaan. They built a large altar there by the Jordan.
11 The rest of the people of Israel heard that they had built the altar. They heard that they had built it on the border of Canaan at Geliloth. It was near the Jordan River on the west side.
12 So the whole community of Israel gathered together at Shiloh. They decided to go to war against the eastern tribes.
13 The people of Israel sent the priest Phinehas to the land of Gilead. Phinehas was the son of Eleazar. They sent him to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh.
14 They sent ten of their leaders with him. There was one for each of the tribes of Israel. Each man was the leader of a family group among the larger family groups of Israel.
15 They went to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead. They said to them,
16 "We're speaking for the Lord's whole community. How could you disobey the God of Israel like this? How could you turn away from the Lord? How could you disobey him by building an altar for yourselves?
17 "Don't you remember how we sinned at Peor? The Lord struck us with a plague because of what we did. Up to this very day we're still suffering because of that sin.
18 Are you turning away from the Lord now? "Suppose you disobey the Lord today. If you do, he'll be angry with the whole community of Israel tomorrow.
19 "If your own land isn't 'clean,' come over to the Lord's land. It's where his holy tent stands. Share our land with us. But don't disobey the Lord. Don't turn against us by building an altar for yourselves. Don't build any altar other than the altar of the Lord our God.
20 "Remember Achan, the son of Zerah. Achan wasn't faithful to the Lord. He took the things that had been set apart to the Lord in a special way to be destroyed. Didn't the Lord's anger come on the whole community of Israel? And Achan wasn't the only one who died because of his sin."
21 Then the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh replied. They answered the leaders of the family groups of Israel.
22 They said, "The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows! And we want Israel to know! Have we opposed the Lord? Have we refused to obey him? If we have, don't spare us today.
23 "Have we built our own altar so we can turn away from the Lord? Have we built it to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it? Have we built it to sacrifice friendship offerings on it? If we have, may the Lord himself hold us accountable.
24 "No! We built it because we were afraid. Someday your children might speak to our children. We were afraid they might say, 'What do you have to do with the Lord? What do you have to do with the God of Israel?
25 The Lord has made the Jordan River a border between us and you. You people of Reuben! You people of Gad! You don't have anything to do with the Lord.' If your children say that, they might cause our children to stop worshiping the Lord.
26 "That's why we said to ourselves, 'Let's get ready and build an altar. But let's not build it to offer burnt offerings or sacrifices on it.'
27 "So just the opposite is true. The altar will be a witness between us and you. It will be a witness between our children and yours after us. It will also be a witness that we will worship the Lord at his sacred tent. We'll worship him there with our burnt offerings, sacrifices and friendship offerings. Then in days to come your children won't be able to say to ours, 'You don't have anything to do with the Lord.'
28 "So we said to ourselves, 'Suppose they say that to us sometime. Or suppose they say it to our children after us. Then we'll answer, "Look at this altar. It's exactly like the Lord's altar. Our people built it. They didn't build it to offer burnt offerings and sacrifices on it. Instead, they built it to be a witness between us and you." '
29 "We would never refuse to obey the Lord. We would never turn away from him now. We wouldn't build an altar to offer burnt offerings, grain offerings and sacrifices on it. We wouldn't use any altar other than the altar of the Lord our God. That altar stands in front of his holy tent."
30 The priest Phinehas heard what the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh had to say. The leaders of the family groups of the community of Israel heard it too. All of them were pleased with what they heard.
31 The priest Phinehas spoke to the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh. Phinehas was the son of Eleazar. He said, "Today we know that the Lord is with us. That's because you have been faithful to him in this matter. Now you have saved the people of Israel from the Lord's anger against them."
32 Then the priest Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, returned to Canaan. So did the leaders. All of them went back from their meeting with the tribes of Reuben and Gad in Gilead. They brought a report back to the people of Israel.
33 The people were glad to hear the report. They praised God. They didn't talk anymore about going to war against the eastern tribes. And they didn't talk anymore about destroying the country where the tribes of Reuben and Gad lived.
34 The tribes of Reuben and Gad gave the altar a name. They called it A Witness Between Us That the Lord Is God.
1 Then H227 ADV Joshua H3091 called H7121 VQY3MS the Reubenites H7206 , and the Gadites H1425 , and the half H2677 tribe H4294 of Manasseh H4519 ,
2 And said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP-3MP them , Ye H859 PPRO-2MS have kept H8104 all H3605 NMS that H834 RPRO Moses H4872 the servant H5650 NMS of the LORD H3068 EDS commanded H6680 VPQ3MS you , and have obeyed H8085 my voice H6963 in all H3605 NMS that H834 RPRO I commanded H6680 you :
3 Ye have not H3808 ADV left H5800 your brethren H251 these H2088 DPRO many H7227 AMP days H3117 NMP unto H5704 PREP this H2088 D-PMS day H3117 D-AMS , but have kept H8104 the charge H4931 of the commandment H4687 CFS of the LORD H3068 EDS your God H430 .
4 And now H6258 W-ADV the LORD H3068 EDS your God H430 hath given rest H5117 unto your brethren H251 , as H834 RPRO he promised H1696 VPQ3MS them : therefore now H6258 W-ADV return H6437 VQI2MP ye , and get H1980 W-VQI2MP you unto your tents H168 , and unto H413 PREP the land H776 GFS of your possession H272 , which H834 RPRO Moses H4872 the servant H5650 NMS of the LORD H3068 EDS gave H5414 UNKN you on the other side H5676 Jordan H3383 .
5 But H7535 ADV take diligent H3966 ADV heed H8104 to do H6213 L-VQFC the commandment H4687 and the law H8451 , which H834 RPRO Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of the LORD H3068 EDS charged H6680 VPQ3MS you , to love H157 the LORD H3068 EDS your God H430 , and to walk H1980 WL-VQFC in all H3605 B-CMS his ways H1870 CMP-3MS , and to keep H8104 his commandments H4687 , and to cleave H1692 unto him , and to serve H5647 him with all H3605 B-CMS your heart H3824 and with all H3605 WB-CMS your soul H5315 .
6 So Joshua H3091 blessed H1288 them , and sent them away H7971 W-VPY3MS-3MP : and they went H1980 W-VQY3MP unto H413 PREP their tents H168 .
7 Now to the one half H2677 of the tribe H7626 CMS of Manasseh H4519 Moses H4872 had given H5414 VQQ3MS possession in Bashan H1316 : but unto the other half H2677 thereof gave H5414 VQQ3MS Joshua H3091 among H5973 PREP their brethren H251 on this side H5676 Jordan H3383 D-EFS westward H3220 . And when H3588 CONJ Joshua H3091 sent them away H7971 also H1571 W-CONJ unto H413 PREP their tents H168 , then he blessed H1288 them ,
8 And he spoke H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP them , saying H559 W-VQY3MS , Return H7725 with much H7227 AMS riches H5233 unto H413 PREP your tents H168 , and with very H3966 ADV much H7227 AMS cattle H4735 , with silver H3701 , and with gold H2091 , and with brass H5178 , and with iron H1270 , and with very H3966 ADV much H7235 VHFA raiment H8008 : divide H2505 the spoil H7998 of your enemies H341 with H5973 PREP your brethren H251 .
9 And the children H1121 W-CMP of Reuben H7205 and the children H1121 W-CMP of Gad H1410 and the half H2677 tribe H7626 CMS of Manasseh H4519 returned H7725 W-VUY3MP , and departed H1980 W-VQY3MP from the children H1121 W-CMP of Israel H3478 out of Shiloh H7887 , which H834 RPRO is in the land H776 B-GFS of Canaan H3667 EMS , to go H1980 L-VQFC unto H413 PREP the country H776 GFS of Gilead H1568 , to H413 PREP the land H776 GFS of their possession H272 , whereof H834 RPRO they were possessed H270 , according H5921 PREP to the word H6310 of the LORD H3068 EDS by the hand H3027 B-CFS of Moses H4872 .
10 And when they came H935 W-VQY3MP unto H413 PREP the borders H1552 of Jordan H3383 D-EFS , that H834 RPRO are in the land H776 B-GFS of Canaan H3667 EMS , the children H1121 CMP of Reuben H7205 and the children H1121 W-CMP of Gad H1410 and the half H2677 tribe H7626 CMS of Manasseh H4519 built H1129 there H8033 ADV an altar H4196 NMS by H5921 PREP Jordan H3383 D-EFS , a great H1419 AMS altar H4196 NMS to see H4758 to .
11 And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 heard H8085 say H559 L-VQFC , Behold H2009 IJEC , the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the children H1121 W-CMP of Gad H1410 and the half H2677 tribe H7626 CMS of Manasseh H4519 have built H1129 an altar H4196 D-NMS over against H413 PREP 6 H4136 PREP the land H776 GFS of Canaan H3667 LMS , in H413 PREP the borders H1552 of Jordan H3383 D-EFS , at H413 PREP the passage H1552 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 LMS .
12 And when the children H1121 of Israel H3478 heard H8085 W-VQY3MP of it , the whole H3605 NMS congregation H5712 CFS of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 gathered themselves together H6950 at Shiloh H7887 , to go H5927 L-VQFC up to war H6635 against H5921 PREP-3MP them .
13 And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 sent H7971 unto H413 PREP the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 , and to H413 PREP the children H1121 of Gad H1410 , and to H413 PREP the half H2677 tribe H7626 of Manasseh H4519 , into H413 PREP the land H776 GFS of Gilead H1568 , Phinehas H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 ,
14 And with H5973 PREP-3MS him ten H6235 princes H5387 , of each chief H5387 house H1004 a prince H1 NMS throughout all H3605 the tribes H4294 of Israel H3478 ; and each one H376 W-NMS was a head H7218 NMS of the house H1004 CMS of their fathers H1 CMP-3MP among the thousands H505 of Israel H3478 LMS .
15 And they came H935 W-VQY3MP unto H413 PREP the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 , and to H413 PREP the children H1121 of Gad H1410 , and to H413 PREP the half H2677 tribe H7626 of Manasseh H4519 , unto H413 PREP the land H776 GFS of Gilead H1568 , and they spoke H1696 W-VPY3MP with H854 PREP-3MP them , saying H559 L-VQFC ,
16 Thus H3541 saith H559 VQQ3MP the whole H3605 NMS congregation H5712 CFS of the LORD H3068 EDS , What H4100 IGAT trespass H4604 is this H2088 D-PMS that H834 RPRO ye have committed H4603 against the God H430 of Israel H3478 , to turn away H7725 this day H3117 D-AMS from following H310 the LORD H3068 EDS , in that ye have built H1129 you an altar H4196 NMS , that ye might rebel H4775 this day H3117 D-AMS against the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS ?
17 Is the iniquity H5771 of Peor H6465 too little H4592 D-AMS for us , from H4480 M-PREP-3MS which H834 RPRO we are not H3808 ADV cleansed H2891 until H5704 PREP this H2088 D-PMS day H3117 D-AMS , although there was H1961 W-VQY3MS a plague H5063 in the congregation H5712 B-CFS of the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS ,
18 But that ye H859 W-PPRO-2MP must turn away H7725 VQY2MP this day H3117 D-AMS from following H310 the LORD H3068 EDS ? and it will be H1961 W-VQQ3MS , seeing ye H859 PPRO-2MS rebel H4775 today H3117 D-AMS against the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS , that tomorrow H4279 he will be wroth H7107 with H413 PREP the whole H3605 NMS congregation H5712 CFS of Israel H3478 .
19 Notwithstanding H389 W-ADV , if H518 PART the land H776 GFS of your possession H272 be unclean H2931 , then pass ye over H5674 unto H413 PREP the land H776 GFS of the possession H272 of the LORD H3068 EDS , wherein H834 RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS \'s tabernacle H4908 dwelleth H7931 , and take possession H270 among H8432 B-CMS-1MP us : but rebel H4775 not H408 NPAR against the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS , nor H408 ADV rebel H4775 against us , in building H1129 you an altar H4196 NMS beside H1107 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 EDS our God H430 .
20 Did not H3808 ADV Achan H5912 the son H1121 of Zerah H2226 commit H4603 a trespass H4604 in the accursed thing H2764 , and wrath H7110 fell H1961 VQQ3MS on H5921 all H3605 NMS the congregation H5712 CFS of Israel H3478 ? and that H1931 W-PPRO-3MS man H376 NMS perished H1478 not H3808 NADV alone H259 MMS in his iniquity H5771 .
21 Then the children H1121 W-CMP of Reuben H7205 and the children H1121 W-CMP of Gad H1410 and the half H2677 tribe H7626 CMS of Manasseh H4519 answered H6030 , and said H1696 unto the heads H7218 CMP of the thousands H505 BMP of Israel H3478 LMS ,
22 The LORD H3068 EDS God H410 EDS of gods H430 EDP , the LORD H3068 EDS God H410 EDS of gods H430 EDP , he H1931 PPRO-3MS knoweth H3045 VQPMS , and Israel H3478 he H1931 PPRO-3MS shall know H3045 VQY3MS ; if H518 PART it be in rebellion H4777 , or if H518 PART in transgression H4604 against the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS , ( save H3467 us not H408 NPAR this H2088 D-PMS day H3117 D-AMS , )
23 That we have built H1129 us an altar H4196 NMS to turn H7725 from following H310 the LORD H3068 EDS , or if H518 W-PART to offer H5927 thereon H5921 PREP-3MS burnt offering H5930 NFS or meat offering H4503 , or if H518 W-PART to offer H6213 L-VQFC peace H8002 offerings H2077 thereon H5921 PREP-3MS , let the LORD H3068 EDS himself H1931 PPRO-3MS require H1245 it ;
24 And if H518 W-PART we have not H3808 NADV rather done H6213 it H2063 DPRO for fear H1674 of this thing H1697 , saying H559 L-VQFC , In time to come H4279 NMS your children H1121 might speak H559 VQY3MP unto our children H1121 , saying H559 L-VQFC , What H4100 IPRO have ye to do with the LORD H3068 God H430 CDP of Israel H3478 LMS ?
25 For the LORD H3068 EDS hath made H5414 Jordan H3383 D-EFS a border H1366 between H996 us and you , ye children H1121 W-CMP of Reuben H7205 and children H1121 of Gad H1410 ; ye have no H369 NPAR part H2506 CMS in the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS : so shall your children H1121 make our children H1121 W-CMP cease H7673 from fearing H3372 the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
26 Therefore we said H559 , Let us now H4994 IJEC prepare H6213 to build H1129 us an altar H4196 D-NMS , not H3808 NADV for burnt H5930 offering , nor H3808 W-NADV for sacrifice H2077 :
27 But H3588 CONJ that it H1931 PPRO-3MS may be a witness H5707 between H996 W-PREP us , and you , and our generations H1755 after H310 us , that we might do H5647 the service H5656 of the LORD H3068 EDS before H6440 L-CMP-3MS him with our burnt offerings H5930 , and with our sacrifices H2077 , and with our peace offerings H8002 ; that your children H1121 may not H3808 W-NPAR say H559 VQY3MP to our children H1121 in time to come H4279 NMS , Ye have no H369 NPAR part H2506 CMS in the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
28 Therefore said H559 we , that it shall be H1961 W-VQQ3MS , when H3588 CONJ they should so say H559 VQY3MP to H413 us or to H413 W-PREP our generations H1755 in time to come H4279 NMS , that we may say H559 again , Behold H7200 the pattern H8403 of the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 EDS , which H834 RPRO our fathers H1 made H6213 VQQ3MP , not H3808 NADV for burnt offerings H5930 , nor H3808 W-NADV for sacrifices H2077 ; but H3588 CONJ it H1931 PPRO-3MS is a witness H5707 between H996 PREP-1MP us and you .
29 God forbid H2486 IJEC-3FS that we H4480 M-PREP-3MS should rebel H4775 against the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS , and turn H7725 this day H3117 D-AMS from following H310 the LORD H3068 EDS , to build H1129 an altar H4196 NMS for burnt offerings H5930 , for meat offerings H4503 , or for sacrifices H2077 , beside H905 ML-NMS the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 EDS our God H430 that H834 RPRO is before H6440 L-CMP his tabernacle H4908 .
30 And when Phinehas H6372 the priest H3548 , and the princes H5387 of the congregation H5712 and heads H7218 of the thousands H505 BMP of Israel H3478 which H834 RPRO were with H854 PREP-3MS him , heard H8085 the words H1697 AMP that H834 RPRO the children H1121 W-CMP of Reuben H7205 and the children H1121 W-CMP of Gad H1410 and the children H1121 W-CMP of Manasseh H4519 spoke H1696 , it pleased H3190 them .
31 And Phinehas H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 , and to H413 PREP the children H1121 of Gad H1410 , and to H413 PREP the children H1121 of Manasseh H4519 , This day H3117 D-AMS we perceive H3045 that H3588 CONJ the LORD H3068 EDS is among H8432 us , because H834 RPRO ye have not H3808 ADV committed H4603 this H2088 D-PMS trespass H4604 against the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS : now H227 ADV ye have delivered H5337 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 out of the hand H3027 M-GFS of the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
32 And Phinehas H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 , and the princes H5387 , returned H7725 from the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 , and from the children H1121 of Gad H1410 , out of the land H776 M-NFS of Gilead H1568 , unto H413 PREP the land H776 GFS of Canaan H3667 LMS , to H413 PREP the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , and brought them word again H7725 .
33 And the thing H1697 D-NMS pleased H3190 the children H1121 W-CMP of Israel H3478 ; and the children H1121 W-CMP of Israel H3478 blessed H1288 God H430 EDP , and did not H3808 W-NPAR intend H559 VQQ3MP to go up H5927 L-VQFC against H5921 PREP-3MP them in battle H6635 , to destroy H7843 L-VPFC the land H776 D-GFS wherein H834 RPRO the children H1121 W-CMP of Reuben H7205 and Gad H1410 dwelt H3427 .
34 And the children H1121 W-CMP of Reuben H7205 and the children H1121 W-CMP of Gad H1410 called H7121 the altar H4196 Ed : for H3588 CONJ it H1931 PPRO-3MS shall be a witness H5707 between H996 us that H3588 CONJ the LORD H3068 EDS is God H430 .
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