Joshua 22:25
in Joshua 22For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the LORD!’ So your descendants could cause ours to stop fearing the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
for Jehovah hath made the Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no portion in Jehovah: so might your children make our children cease from fearing Jehovah.
KJV
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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This verse in Joshua 22
Commentary
6 notes on this verseBut let us see what sacrament lies within this deed. The former people of the circumcision are represented in Reuben, who was the firstborn; but also in Gad, who also is the firstborn out of Zilpah; and Manasseh, no less a firstborn. But insofar as I say "firstborn," I speak chronologically. Therefore, these things are said not that it might be evident some division and separation is between us and those who were righteous before the coming of Christ, but that they might reveal themselves to still be our brothers even if they existed before the coming of Christ.
This site's exposition
we have done this for fear that in the future
on Joshua 22:24-25
The fear here is generational: one day the western children will tell the eastern children they have no share in the Lord because the Jordan is a border. Numbers 32:6-15 shows Moses suspecting these tribes of that distance before they crossed. Time bore it out, with Ephraim and Gilead at war in Judges 12:1-6 and the eastern tribes carried into Assyria first at 1 Chronicles 5:26.
This site's exposition
made the Jordan a border
At Joshua 4:12 these same tribes crossed the Jordan ahead of Israel, armed for battle. The river the LORD had opened for all twelve tribes could later be read as the line that shut the eastern ones out. The loss they fear is the fear of the LORD itself.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
A border - To shut you out of the land of promise, and consequently from the covenant made between God and our fathers. No part - Nothing to do with him; no right to serve him or expect favour from him. Cease from fearing the Lord - For they that are cut off from public ordinances, usually by degrees lose all religion.
For the Lord hath made Jordan a border between us and you,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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
23 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּגְב֣וּל | ugevul | and a border | H1366 → | 240 times |
| נָֽתַן־ | natan- | he has put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| יְ֠הוָה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בֵּינֵ֨נוּ | beinenu | between us | H996 → | 407 times |
| וּבֵינֵיכֶ֜ם | uveineikhem | and between you | H996 → | 407 times |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רְאוּבֵ֤ן | reuven | Reuben | H7205 → | 72 times |
| וּבְנֵי־ | uvenei- | and [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גָד֙ | gad | Gad | H1410 → | 72 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן | haiyarden | the Jordan | H3383 → | 182 times |
| אֵין־ | ʾein- | not | H369 → | 789 times |
| לָכֶ֥ם | lakhem | [belongs] to <the> you | ||
| חֵ֖לֶק | chelek | a portion | H2506 → | 67 times |
| בַּֽיהוָ֑ה | bayahweh | in Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְהִשְׁבִּ֤יתוּ | vehishbitu | and they will cause to cease | H7673 → | |
| בְנֵיכֶם֙ | veneikhem | descendants your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בָּנֵ֔ינוּ | baneinu | descendants our | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| לְבִלְתִּ֖י | levilti | to not | H1115 → | 112 times |
| יְרֹ֥א | yero' | to fear | H3372 → | 315 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וּגְב֣וּלand a border
ugevulH1366 →240 times
נָֽתַן־he has put
natan-H5414 →2011 times
יְ֠הוָהYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בֵּינֵ֨נוּbetween us
beinenuH996 →407 times
וּבֵינֵיכֶ֜םand between you
uveineikhemH996 →407 times
בְּנֵי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
רְאוּבֵ֤ןReuben
reuvenH7205 →72 times
וּבְנֵי־and [the] descendants of
uvenei-H1121 →4930 times
גָד֙Gad
gadH1410 →72 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןthe Jordan
haiyardenH3383 →182 times
אֵין־not
ʾein-H369 →789 times
לָכֶ֥ם[belongs] to <the> you
lakhem
חֵ֖לֶקa portion
chelekH2506 →67 times
בַּֽיהוָ֑הin Yahweh
bayahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְהִשְׁבִּ֤יתוּand they will cause to cease
vehishbituH7673 →
בְנֵיכֶם֙descendants your
veneikhemH1121 →4930 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בָּנֵ֔ינוּdescendants our
baneinuH1121 →4930 times
לְבִלְתִּ֖יto not
leviltiH1115 →112 times
יְרֹ֥אto fear
yero'H3372 →315 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Nehemiah 2:20So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”
it leads to
- Ezra 4:3
But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the…
- Acts 8:21
You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
- Nehemiah 2:4
“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
- Isaiah 56:5
I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be…
- Acts 10:31
and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
- Ezra 4:3
Through
Acts 8:21You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
it leads to
- Hebrews 4:13
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
- Hebrews 4:13
Through
2 Samuel 20:1Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son.…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 12:16
When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your…
- 1 Kings 12:16
Through
1 Samuel 26:19Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it,…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 14:16
For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’
- 2 Samuel 14:16
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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 26.3.