Joshua 22:34 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 22:34

So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”

BSB

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ASV

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: For, said they, it is a witness between us that Jehovah is God.

KJV

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the Lord is God.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Called the altar Ed - The word עד Ed, which signifies witness or testimony, is not found in the common editions of the Hebrew Bible, and is supplied in Italics by our translators, at least in our modern copies; for in the first edition of this translation it stands in the text without any note of this kind; and it is found in several of Kennicott’s and De Rossi’s MSS., and also in the Syriac and Arabic.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיִּקְרְא֛וּ	vai.yik.re.'U	and they called	H7121 →
בְּנֵי־	be.nei-	[the] descendants of	H1121 →
רְאוּבֵ֥ן	re.'u.Ven	Reuben	H7205 →
וּבְנֵי־	u.ve.nei-	and [the] descendants of	H1121 →
גָ֖ד	gad	Gad	H1410 →
לַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ	la.miz.Be.ach	<to> the altar	H4196 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
עֵ֥ד	'ed	[is] a witness	H5707 →
הוּא֙	hu'	it	H1931 →
בֵּֽינֹתֵ֔ינוּ	bei.no.Tei.nu	between us	H996 →
כִּ֥י	ki	that	H3588 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ פ	ha.'E.lo.Him	[is] <the> God	H430 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 4:10
“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 6:13–14
  Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
- Deuteronomy 10:20
  You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
- Joshua 24:14
  Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
- Luke 4:8
  But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
- 1 Samuel 7:3
  Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts…
Through
Isaiah 43:10
“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed,…
leads to
- Isaiah 41:4
  Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”
- Isaiah 45:6
  so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
- Isaiah 46:8–9
  Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!

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