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Joshua 22:11

in Joshua 22

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.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

This verse in Joshua 22

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Behold, the children of Reuben

on Joshua 22:11-12

Israel hears a report and musters at Shiloh for war before anyone has asked a question. Deuteronomy 13:12-15 sets out the procedure for this exact charge, that a report of a city gone after other gods is to be inquired of, searched out and asked diligently before a sword is drawn. The inquiry does happen, and it happens in the next verse with the army already gathered.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And the children of Israel heard say,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It was no strained innuendo from the building of an altar to infer an intention to offer sacrifice upon it, and that might introduce idolatry and end in a total apostasy from the faith and worship of the God of Israel.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

The quality of the deputies evinced the deep solicitude that was felt on the occasion to maintain the purity of the divine worship throughout Israel. In the presumptive belief that the two tribes and a half had really built an altar, the deputies expressed astonishment at their so soon falling into such a heinous crime as that of violating the unity of divine worship (Ex 20:24;

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The words behind it

26 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּשְׁמְע֥וּand they heard

    vaiyishmeuH80851159 times

  • בְנֵֽי־[the] people of

    venei-H11214930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying

    lemorH5595305 times

  • הִנֵּ֣הthere!

    hinehH2009843 times

  • בָנ֣וּthey have built

    vanuH1129376 times

  • בְנֵֽי־[the] descendants of

    venei-H11214930 times

  • רְאוּבֵ֣ןReuben

    reuvenH720572 times

  • וּבְנֵי־and [the] descendants of

    uvenei-H11214930 times

  • גָ֡דGad

    gadH141072 times

  • וַחֲצִי֩and [the] half of

    vachatziH2677125 times

  • שֵׁ֨בֶט[the] tribe of

    shevetH7626190 times

  • הַֽמְנַשֶּׁ֜ה<the> Manasseh

    hamnashehH4519146 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • הַמִּזְבֵּ֗חַthe altar

    hamizbeachH4196401 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H4135510 times

  • מוּל֙opposite to

    mulH413636 times

  • אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land of

    ʾeretzH7762504 times

  • כְּנַ֔עַןCanaan

    kenaanH366794 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H4135510 times

  • גְּלִילוֹת֙Geliloth of

    gelilotH15525 times

  • הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןthe Jordan

    haiyardenH3383182 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H4135510 times

  • עֵ֖בֶר[the] side of

    ʾeverH567690 times

  • בְּנֵ֥י[the] people of

    beneiH11214930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel

    yisraelH34782507 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    John 1:28

    All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

    it leads to

    • John 10:40

      Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.

    • John 3:23

      Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

    • Judges 7:24

      Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men…

    • John 3:26

      So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”

  • Through

    Joshua 2:7

    So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.

    it leads to

    • Judges 3:28

      “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did…

    • Acts 5:23

      “We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

    • Joshua 2:5

      At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”

    • Judges 12:5

      The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he…

About Joshua

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.