Joshua 22:15
in Joshua 22They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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,
KJV
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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This verse in Joshua 22
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest
on Joshua 22:13-15
Phinehas is the man of Numbers 25:7-8 who took a spear at Peor and stopped the plague, earning a covenant of peace at 25:12-13. He is sent to men accused of a second Peor, and Peor is the first thing he raises at verse 17.
This site's exposition
in the land of Gilead
Moses promised at Numbers 32:22 that this land would belong to these tribes as a possession before the LORD once the war was done. The ten chiefs and the priest now stand to ask whether its owners have turned from the LORD. Phinehas tests the promise on its own ground.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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,.... The deputation came thither; they either sent for the chiefs among the two tribes and a half, to meet them at some place, or they, having a notion of their coming, assembled together to receive them, and hear what they had to say to them: and they spake with them, saying; as follows; very probably Phinehas was the mouth of the whole, for there could be but one speaker.
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
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ | vaiyavou | and they went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רְאוּבֵ֧ן | reuven | Reuben | H7205 → | 72 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גָ֛ד | gad | Gad | H1410 → | 72 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| חֲצִ֥י | chatzi | [the] half of | H2677 → | 125 times |
| שֵֽׁבֶט־ | shevet- | [the] tribe of | H7626 → | 190 times |
| מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה | menasheh | Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הַגִּלְעָ֑ד | hagilad | <the> Gilead | H1568 → | 134 times |
| וַיְדַבְּר֥וּ | vaydaberu | and they spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אִתָּ֖ם | ʾitam | with them | H854 → | 929 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַיָּבֹ֜אוּand they went
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בְּנֵי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
רְאוּבֵ֧ןReuben
reuvenH7205 →72 times
וְאֶל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
בְּנֵי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
גָ֛דGad
gadH1410 →72 times
וְאֶל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
חֲצִ֥י[the] half of
chatziH2677 →125 times
שֵֽׁבֶט־[the] tribe of
shevet-H7626 →190 times
מְנַשֶּׁ֖הManasseh
menashehH4519 →146 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
הַגִּלְעָ֑ד<the> Gilead
hagiladH1568 →134 times
וַיְדַבְּר֥וּand they spoke
vaydaberuH1696 →1141 times
אִתָּ֖םwith them
ʾitamH854 →929 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 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
Psalms 78:8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
it leads to
- Psalms 78:37
Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
- Exodus 32:9
The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
- 2 Kings 17:14
But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.
- Ezekiel 20:18
In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.
- Psalms 78:37
Through
Ezra 9:15O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”
it leads to
- Psalms 130:3
If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
- Psalms 130:3
Through
1 Corinthians 5:4When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,
it leads to
- John 20:23
If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”
- Matthew 16:19
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
- John 20:23
Through
Exodus 32:8How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said,…
it leads to
- Exodus 20:3–4
You shall have no other gods before Me.
- Exodus 20:3–4
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.