Dual Panel1Then <0227> Joshua <03091> summoned <07121> the Reubenites <07206>, Gadites <01425>, and the half-tribe <04294> <02677> of Manasseh <04519>
2and told <0559> them: “You <0859> have carried out <08104> all <03605> the instructions <06680> of Moses <04872> the Lord’s <03068> servant <05650>, and you have obeyed <06963> all <03605> I have told <06680> you.
3You have not <03808> abandoned <05800> your fellow <0251> Israelites this <02088> entire <07227> time <03117>, right up to <05704> this very day <03117>. You have completed <08104> the task <04687> given <04931> you by the Lord <03068> your God <0430>.
4Now <06258> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> has made <05117> your fellow <0251> Israelites secure <05117>, just as <0834> he promised <01696> them. So now <06258> you may turn <06437> around and go <01980> to <0413> your homes <0168> in your own <0272> land <0776> which <0834> Moses <04872> the Lord’s <03068> servant <05650> assigned <05414> to you east <05676> of the Jordan <03383>.
5But <07535> carefully <08104> obey <06213> the commands <04687> and instructions <08451> Moses <04872> the Lord’s <03068> servant <05650> gave <06680> you. Love <0157> the Lord <03068> your God <0430>, follow <01980> all <03605> his instructions <01870>, obey <08104> his commands <04687>, be loyal <01692> to him, and serve <05647> him with all <03605> your heart <03824> and being <05315>!”
6Joshua <03091> rewarded <01288> them and sent <07971> them on <07971> their way <07971>; they returned <01980> to <0413> their homes <0168>.
7(Now to one half-tribe <07626> <02677> of Manasseh <04519>, Moses <04872> had assigned <05414> land in Bashan <01316>; and to the other half <02677> Joshua <03091> had assigned <05414> land on the west <03220> side <05676> of the Jordan <03383> with <05973> their fellow <0251> Israelites.) When <03588> Joshua <03091> sent <07971> them home <0168>, he rewarded <01288> them,
8saying <0559>, “Take <07725> home <0168> great <07227> wealth <05233>, a lot of <03966> <07227> cattle <04735>, silver <03701>, gold <02091>, bronze <05178>, iron <01270>, and a lot of <03966> <07235> clothing <08008>. Divide up <02505> the goods captured <07998> from your enemies <0341> with <05973> your brothers <0251>.”
9So the Reubenites <07205> <01121>, Gadites <01410> <01121>, and half-tribe <07626> <02677> of Manasseh <04519> left <07725> the Israelites <03478> <01121> in Shiloh <07887> in the land <0776> of Canaan <03667> and headed <01980> home to <0413> their own <0272> land <0776> in Gilead <01568>, which <0834> they acquired <0270> by the Lord’s <03068> command <06310> through <03027> Moses <04872>.
10The Reubenites <07205> <01121>, Gadites <01410> <01121>, and half-tribe <07626> <02677> of Manasseh <04519> came <0935> to <0413> Geliloth <01552> near the Jordan <03383> in the land <0776> of Canaan <03667> and built <01129> there <08033>, near <05921> the Jordan <03383>, an impressive <04758> <01419> altar <04196>.
11The Israelites <03478> <01121> received <08085> this report <0559>: “Look <02009>, the Reubenites <07205> <01121>, Gadites <01410> <01121>, and half-tribe <07626> <02677> of Manasseh <04519> have built <01129> an altar <04196> at the entrance <04136> <0413> to the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>, at <0413> Geliloth <01552> near the Jordan <03383> on the Israelite <03478> <01121> side <05676>.”
12When the Israelites <03478> <01121> heard <08085> this, the entire <03605> Israelite <03478> <01121> community <05712> assembled <06950> at Shiloh <07887> to launch <05927> an attack <06635> against <05921> them.
13The Israelites <03478> <01121> sent <07971> Phinehas <06372>, son <01121> of Eleazar <0499>, the priest <03548>, to <0413> the land <0776> of Gilead <01568> to <0413> the Reubenites <07205> <01121>, Gadites <01410> <01121>, and the half-tribe <07626> <02677> of Manasseh <04519>.
14He was accompanied <05973> by ten <06235> leaders <05387> <05387>, one <0259> <0259> from each <03605> of the Israelite <03478> tribes <04294>, each one <0376> a family <01> <01004> leader <07218> among the Israelite <03478> clans.
15They went <0935> to <0413> the land <0776> of Gilead <01568> to <0413> the Reubenites <07205> <01121>, Gadites <01410> <01121>, and the half-tribe <07626> <02677> of Manasseh <04519>, and said <01696> to <0854> them:
16“The entire <03605> community <05712> of the Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘Why <04100> have you disobeyed <04603> the God <0430> of Israel <03478> by turning back <07725> today <03117> from following <0310> the Lord <03068>? You built <01129> an altar <04196> for yourselves and have rebelled <04775> today <03117> against the Lord <03068>.
17The sin <05771> we committed at Peor <06465> was bad enough <04592>. To <05704> this <02088> very day <03117> we have not <03808> purified <02891> ourselves; it even brought <01961> a plague <05063> on the community <05712> of the Lord <03068>.
18Now today <03117> you <0859> dare to turn back <07725> from following <0310> the Lord <03068>! You <0859> are <01961> rebelling <04775> today <03117> against the Lord <03068>; tomorrow <04279> he may break out in anger <07107> against <0413> the entire <03605> community <05712> of Israel <03478>.
19But <0389> if <0518> your own <0272> land <0776> is impure <02931>, cross over <05674> to <0413> the Lord’s <03068> own <0272> land <0776>, where <08033> <0834> the Lord <03068> himself lives <07931>, and settle down <0270> among <08432> us. But don’t <0408> rebel <04775> against <0854> the Lord <03068> or <0408> us <04775> by building <01129> for yourselves an altar <04196> aside <01107> from the altar <04196> of the Lord <03068> our God <0430>.
20When Achan <05912> son <01121> of Zerah <02226> disobeyed <04604> <04603> the command <02764> about <05921> the city’s riches, the entire <03605> Israelite <03478> community <05712> was <01961> judged <07110>, though only one <0259> man <0376> had sinned. He most certainly died <01478> for his sin <05771>!’”
21The Reubenites <07205> <01121>, Gadites <01410> <01121>, and the half-tribe <07626> <02677> of Manasseh <04519> answered <06030> the leaders <07218> of the Israelite <03478> clans <0505>:
22“El <0410>, God <0430>, the Lord <03068>! El <0410>, God <0430>, the Lord <03068>! He knows <03045> the truth! Israel <03478> must also know <03045>! If <0518> we have rebelled <04777> or <0518> disobeyed <04604> the Lord <03068>, don’t <0408> spare <03467> us today <03117>!
23If we have built <01129> an altar <04196> for ourselves to turn back <07725> from following <0310> the Lord <03068> by making <05921> <05927> burnt sacrifices <05930> and grain offerings <04503> on it, or <0518> by offering <02077> tokens of peace <08002> on it, the Lord <03068> himself will punish <01245> us.
24We swear <03808> <0518> we have done <06213> this <02063> because we were worried <01674> that in the future <04279> your descendants <01121> would say <0559> to our descendants <01121>, ‘What <04100> relationship do you have with the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>?
25The Lord <03068> made <05414> the Jordan <03383> a boundary <01366> between <0996> us and <0996> you Reubenites <07205> <01121> and Gadites <01410> <01121>. You have no <0369> right to worship <02506> the Lord <03068>.’ In this way your descendants <01121> might cause our descendants <01121> to stop <07673> obeying <03372> the Lord <03068>.
26So we decided <06213> to build <01129> this altar <04196>, not <03808> for burnt offerings <05930> and sacrifices <02077>,
27but as <03588> a reminder <05707> to us and <0996> you, and <0996> to our descendants <01755> who follow <0310> us, that we will honor <05656> <05647> the Lord <03068> in his very presence <06440> with burnt offerings <05930>, sacrifices <02077>, and tokens of peace <08002>. Then in the future <04279> your descendants <01121> will not <03808> be able to say <0559> to our descendants <01121>, ‘You have no <0369> right to worship <02506> the Lord <03068>.’
28We said <0559>, ‘If <03588> in the future <04279> they say <0559> such a thing to <0413> us or to our descendants <01755>, we will reply <0559>, “See <07200> the <0853> model <08403> of the Lord’s <03068> altar <04196> that <0834> our ancestors <01> made <06213>, not <03808> for burnt offerings <05930> or <03808> sacrifices <02077>, but <03588> as a reminder <05707> to us and you.”’
29Far be it <02486> from <04480> us to rebel <04775> against the Lord <03068> by turning back <07725> today <03117> from following after <0310> the Lord <03068> by building <01129> an altar <04196> for burnt offerings <05930>, sacrifices <04503>, and tokens of peace <02077> aside <0905> from the altar <04196> of the Lord <03068> our God <0430> located <0834> in front <06440> of his dwelling place <04908>!”
30When <08085> Phinehas <06372> the priest <03548> and the community <05712> leaders <05387> and clan <03478> <0505> leaders <07218> who <0834> accompanied <0854> him heard <01696> the defense <01697> of the Reubenites <07205> <01121>, Gadites <01410> <01121>, and the Manassehites <04519> <01121>, they were satisfied <05869> <03190>.
31Phinehas <06372>, son <01121> of Eleazar <0499>, the priest <03548>, said <0559> to <0413> the Reubenites <07205> <01121>, Gadites <01410> <01121>, and the Manassehites <04519> <01121>, “Today <03117> we know <03045> that <03588> the Lord <03068> is among <08432> us, because you have <0834> not <03808> disobeyed <04603> the Lord <03068> in this <02088>. Now <0227> you have rescued <05337> the <0853> Israelites <03478> <01121> from the Lord’s <03068> judgment <03027>.”
32Phinehas <06372>, son <01121> of Eleazar <0499>, the priest <03548>, and the leaders <05387> left <07725> the Reubenites <07205> <01121> and Gadites <01410> <01121> in the land <0776> of Gilead <01568> and reported back <07725> to <0413> the Israelites <03478> <01121> in the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>.
33The Israelites <03478> <01121> were satisfied <05869> <03190> with their report <01697> and gave thanks <01288> to God <0430>. They said <0559> nothing <03808> more about launching <05927> an attack <06635> to destroy <07843> the land <0776> in which <0834> the Reubenites <07205> <01121> and Gadites <01410> <01121> lived <03427>.
34The Reubenites <07205> <01121> and Gadites <01410> <01121> named <07121> the altar <04196>, “Surely <03588> it <01931> is a Reminder <05707> to <0996> us that <03588> the Lord <03068> is God <0430>.”