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Joshua 22:12

in Joshua 22

And when they heard this, the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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 against them to war.

KJV

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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This verse in Joshua 22

Commentary

6 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 when the children of Israel heard of it,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

They all gathered together, and Shiloh was the place of their rendezvous, because it was in defence of the divine charter lately granted to that place that they now appeared; their resolution was as became a kingdom of priests, who, being devoted to God and his service, did not acknowledge their brethren nor know their own children, Deut. xxxiii.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

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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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

To go up to war against them - Supposing that they had built this altar in opposition to that which Moses, by the command of God, had erected, and were consequently become rebels against God and the Israelitish constitution, and should be treated as such. Their great concern for the glory of God led them to take this step, which at first view might appear precipitate; but, that they might do nothing rashly, they first sent Phinehas and ten princes, one out of each tribe, to require an explanation of their motives in erecting this altar.
Gathered themselves together - The various tribes had already dispersed to their homes, and were now summoned together again.

The words behind it

12 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.

  • וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּand they heard

    vaiyishmeuH8085 →1159 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וַיִּקָּ֨הֲל֜וּand they assembled

    vaiyikahaluH6950 →

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • עֲדַ֤ת[the] congregation of

    ʾadatH5712 →149 times

  • בְּנֵֽי־[the] people of

    benei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • שִׁלֹ֔הShiloh

    shilohH7887 →32 times

  • לַעֲל֥וֹתto go up

    laalotH5927 →890 times

  • עֲלֵיהֶ֖םon them

    ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times

  • לַצָּבָֽא׃ פfor <the> war

    latzava'H6635 →485 times

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

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Judges 20:1Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.4 worksGalatians 4:17–18Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.2 worksRomans 10:2For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.2 worksDeuteronomy 13:15you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.2 worksActs 11:2–3So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him2 worksJoshua 18:1Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Joshua 22:15They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,2 works

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

    Romans 10:2

    For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.

    it leads to

    • Acts 21:20

      When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.

    • Romans 9:31–32

      but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.

    • Proverbs 19:2

      Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.

    • Philippians 3:6

      as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

    • Philippians 1:9

      And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 13:15

    you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 27:28

      Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.

    • Exodus 22:20

      If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.

    • Deuteronomy 7:2

      and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

About Joshua

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Joshua: the study guide →Read Joshua 22 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.

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