和合本
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Joshua
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Then Joshua called# the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
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2
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And said# unto them, Ye have kept# all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded# you, and have obeyed# my voice in all that I commanded# you:
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3
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Ye have not left# your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept# the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
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4
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And now the LORD your God hath given rest# unto your brethren, as he promised# them: therefore now return# ye, and get# you unto your tents,
and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave# you on the other side Jordan.
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5
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But take diligent heed# to do# the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged# you, to love# the LORD your God, and to walk# in all his ways, and to keep# his commandments, and to cleave# unto him, and to serve# him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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6
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So Joshua blessed# them, and sent them away# : and they went# unto their tents.
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7
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Now to the
one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given#
possession in Bashan: but unto the
other half thereof gave# Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away# also unto their tents, then he blessed# them,
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And he spake# unto them, saying# , Return# with much riches 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.
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9
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And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned# , and departed# from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which
is in the land of Canaan, to go# unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed# , according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
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10
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And when they came# unto the borders of Jordan, that
are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built# there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
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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.
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12
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And when the children of Israel heard#
of it , the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together# at Shiloh, to go up# to war against them.
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13
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And the children of Israel sent# unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
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And with him ten princes, of each# chief# house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one
was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.
[chief...: Heb. house of the father]
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And they came# unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake# with them, saying# ,
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Thus saith# the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass
is this that ye have committed# against the God of Israel, to turn away# this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded# you an altar, that ye might rebel# this day against the LORD?
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Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed# until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,
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18
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But that ye must turn away# this day from following the LORD? and it will be,
seeing ye rebel# to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth# with the whole congregation of Israel.
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Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession
be unclean,
then pass ye over# unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD'S tabernacle dwelleth# , and take possession# among us: but rebel# not against the LORD, nor rebel# against us, in building# you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God.
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Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit# a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell# on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished# not alone in his iniquity.
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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,
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22
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The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth# , and Israel he shall know# ; if
it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save# us not this day,)
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That we have built# us an altar to turn# from following the LORD, or if to offer# thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer# peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require#
it ;
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And if we have not
rather done# it for fear of
this thing, saying# , In time to come your children might speak# unto our children, saying# , What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?
[In time...: Heb. To morrow]
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For the LORD hath made# Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make# our children cease# from fearing# the LORD.
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Therefore we said# , Let us now prepare# to build# us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
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But
that it
may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do# the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say# to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.
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Therefore said# we, that it shall be, when they should
so say# to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say#
again , Behold# the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made# , not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it
is a witness between us and you.
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God forbid that we should rebel# against the LORD, and turn# this day from following the LORD, to build# an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that
is before his tabernacle.
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30
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And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which
were with him, heard# the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake# , it pleased# # them.
[pleased...: Heb. was good in their eyes]
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And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said# unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive# that the LORD
is among us, because ye have not committed# this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered# the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.
[now: Heb. then]
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And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned# from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought# them word again# .
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And the thing pleased# # the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed# God, and did not intend# to go up# against them in battle, to destroy# the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt# .
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34
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And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called# the altar
Ed : for it
shall be a witness between us that the LORD
is God.
[Ed: that is, A witness]
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