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22:22 “El <0410>, God <0430>, the Lord <03068>! El <0410>, God <0430>, the Lord <03068>! He knows <03045> the truth! Israel <03478> must also know <03045>! If <0518> we have rebelled <04777> or <0518> disobeyed <04604> the Lord <03068>, don’t <0408> spare <03467> us today <03117>! 22:23 If we have built <01129> an altar <04196> for ourselves to turn back <07725> from following <0310> the Lord <03068> by making <05921> <05927> burnt sacrifices <05930> and grain offerings <04503> on it, or <0518> by offering <02077> tokens of peace <08002> on it, the Lord <03068> himself will punish <01245> us. 22:24 We swear <03808> <0518> we have done <06213> this <02063> because we were worried <01674> that in the future <04279> your descendants <01121> would say <0559> to our descendants <01121>, ‘What <04100> relationship do you have with the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>? 22:25 The Lord <03068> made <05414> the Jordan <03383> a boundary <01366> between <0996> us and <0996> you Reubenites <07205> <01121> and Gadites <01410> <01121>. You have no <0369> right to worship <02506> the Lord <03068>.’ In this way your descendants <01121> might cause our descendants <01121> to stop <07673> obeying <03372> the Lord <03068>. 22:26 So we decided <06213> to build <01129> this altar <04196>, not <03808> for burnt offerings <05930> and sacrifices <02077>, 22:27 but as <03588> a reminder <05707> to us and <0996> you, and <0996> to our descendants <01755> who follow <0310> us, that we will honor <05656> <05647> the Lord <03068> in his very presence <06440> with burnt offerings <05930>, sacrifices <02077>, and tokens of peace <08002>. Then in the future <04279> your descendants <01121> will not <03808> be able to say <0559> to our descendants <01121>, ‘You have no <0369> right to worship <02506> the Lord <03068>.’ 22:28 We said <0559>, ‘If <03588> in the future <04279> they say <0559> such a thing to <0413> us or to our descendants <01755>, we will reply <0559>, “See <07200> the <0853> model <08403> of the Lord’s <03068> altar <04196> that <0834> our ancestors <01> made <06213>, not <03808> for burnt offerings <05930> or <03808> sacrifices <02077>, but <03588> as a reminder <05707> to us and you.”’ 22:29 Far be it <02486> from <04480> us to rebel <04775> against the Lord <03068> by turning back <07725> today <03117> from following after <0310> the Lord <03068> by building <01129> an altar <04196> for burnt offerings <05930>, sacrifices <04503>, and tokens of peace <02077> aside <0905> from the altar <04196> of the Lord <03068> our God <0430> located <0834> in front <06440> of his dwelling place <04908>!” 22:30 When <08085> Phinehas <06372> the priest <03548> and the community <05712> leaders <05387> and clan <03478> <0505> leaders <07218> who <0834> accompanied <0854> him heard <01696> the defense <01697> of the Reubenites <07205> <01121>, Gadites <01410> <01121>, and the Manassehites <04519> <01121>, they were satisfied <05869> <03190>. 22:31 Phinehas <06372>, son <01121> of Eleazar <0499>, the priest <03548>, said <0559> to <0413> the Reubenites <07205> <01121>, Gadites <01410> <01121>, and the Manassehites <04519> <01121>, “Today <03117> we know <03045> that <03588> the Lord <03068> is among <08432> us, because you have <0834> not <03808> disobeyed <04603> the Lord <03068> in this <02088>. Now <0227> you have rescued <05337> the <0853> Israelites <03478> <01121> from the Lord’s <03068> judgment <03027>.” 22:32 Phinehas <06372>, son <01121> of Eleazar <0499>, the priest <03548>, and the leaders <05387> left <07725> the Reubenites <07205> <01121> and Gadites <01410> <01121> in the land <0776> of Gilead <01568> and reported back <07725> to <0413> the Israelites <03478> <01121> in the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>. 22:33 The Israelites <03478> <01121> were satisfied <05869> <03190> with their report <01697> and gave thanks <01288> to God <0430>. They said <0559> nothing <03808> more about launching <05927> an attack <06635> to destroy <07843> the land <0776> in which <0834> the Reubenites <07205> <01121> and Gadites <01410> <01121> lived <03427>. 22:34 The Reubenites <07205> <01121> and Gadites <01410> <01121> named <07121> the altar <04196>, “Surely <03588> it <01931> is a Reminder <05707> to <0996> us that <03588> the Lord <03068> is God <0430>.”

• Jos 22:10-34 -- Civil War is Averted

• Phinehas

  [smith] (mouth of brass). Son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron. (Exodus 6:25) He is memorable for having while quite a youth, by his zeal and energy at the critical moment of the licentious idolatry of Shittim, appeased the divine w...
  [nave] PHINEHAS 1. High priest, Ex. 6:25; 1 Chr. 6:4, 50. Religious zeal of, Num. 25:7-15; Psa. 106:30. Chief of the Korahite Levites, 1 Chr. 9:19, 20. Sent to sound the trumpets in the battle with the Midianites, Num. 31:6. A ...
  

• Altar

  [isbe] ALTAR - ol'-ter (mizbeach, literally, "place of slaughter or sacrifice," from zabhach, which is found in both senses; bomos, (only in Acts 17:23), thusiasterion): I. CLASSIFICATION OF HEBREW ALTARS Importance of the Distinct...
  [nave] ALTAR Built by Noah, Gen. 8:20; Abraham, Gen. 12:7, 8; 13:18; 22:9; Isaac, Gen. 26:25; Jacob, Gen. 33:20; 35:1-7; Moses, Ex. 17:15; 24:4; Balaam, Num. 23:1, 14, 29; Joshua, Deut. 27:4-7; Josh. 8:30-32; Reubenites and Gadites...
  

• REUBEN

  [isbe] REUBEN - roo'-ben, ru'-ben (re'ubhen; Rhouben): The eldest son of Jacob, born to him by Leah in Paddan-aram (Gen 29:32). 1. Jacob's Oldest Son: This verse seems to suggest two derivations of the name. As it stands in Massore...
  

• PENTATEUCH, 3

  [isbe] PENTATEUCH, 3 - III. Some Literary Points. 1. Style of Legislation: No general estimate of the Pentateuch as literature can or need be attempted. Probably most readers are fully sensible to its literary beauties. Anybody who...
  

• Motive

  [nave] MOTIVE Ascribed to God, Psa. 106:8; Ezek. 36:21, 22, 32. Right, required, Matt. 6:1-18. Sinful, illustrated by Cain, Gen. 4:7; 1 John 3:12. Misunderstood The tribes of Reuben and Gad, in asking inheritance E. of Jordan, ...
  

• Manasseh

  [nave] MANASSEH 1. Son of Joseph and Asenath, Gen. 41:50, 51; 46:20; adopted by Jacob on his deathbed, Gen. 48:1, 5-20. Called Manasses, Rev. 7:6. 2. Tribe of. Descendants of Joseph. The two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, ...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Haste

  [nave] HASTE, in judgment, by Moses and the Israelites, Num. 32:1-19; Josh. 22:10-34. See: Rashness.
  

• LEVITICUS, 2

  [isbe] LEVITICUS, 2 - III. Origin. 1. Against the Wellhausen Hypothesis: As in the article ATONEMENT, DAY OF, sec. I, 2, (2), we took a stand against the modern attempts at splitting up the text, and in III, 1 against theory of the...
  

• MANASSEH (2)

  [isbe] MANASSEH (2) - 1. Son of Joseph: Following the Biblical account of Manasseh (patriarch, tribe, and territory) we find that he was the eider of Joseph's two sons by Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On (Gen 41:51...
  

• Prudence

  [nave] PRUDENCE. Job 34:3, 4; Psa. 39:1; Psa. 112:5; Prov. 6:1, 2; Prov. 8:12; Prov. 11:13, 15, 29; Prov. 12:8, 23; Prov. 13:16; Prov. 14:8, 15, 16, 18; Prov. 15:5, 22; Prov. 16:20, 21; Prov. 17:2, 18; Prov. 18:15, 16; Prov. 19:2;...
  

• CRITICISM

  [isbe] CRITICISM - (The Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis) I. PRELIMINARY 1. Thesis 2. Historical Perspective 3. Inspiration and Criticism II. THE LEGISLATION 1. Groups 2. Covenant Code 3. The Sanctuary 4. Kinds of Sacrifice 5. Sacrifice ...
  

• War

  [nave] WAR Divine approval of, 2 Sam. 22:35. Civil, Judg. 12:1-6; 20; 2 Sam. 2:12-31; 3:1; 20; 1 Kin. 14:30; 16:21; Isa. 19:2; forbidden, 2 Chr. 11:4; averted, Josh. 22:11-34. Enemy harangued by general of opposing side, 2 Kin. 1...
  

• GAD (1)

  [isbe] GAD (1) - (gadh, "fortune"; Gad): 1. The Name: The seventh son of Jacob, whose mother was Zilpah (Gen 30:11), and whose birth was welcomed by Leah with the cry, "Fortunate!" Some have sought to connect the name with that of ...
  

• Manaen

  [ebd] consoler, a Christian teacher at Antioch. Nothing else is known of him beyond what is stated in Acts 13:1, where he is spoken of as having been brought up with (Gr. syntrophos; rendered in R.V. "foster brother" of) Herod, i....
  

• Reubenites

  [nave] REUBENITES, the descendants of Reuben. Military enrollment of, at Sinai, Num. 1:20, 21; in Moab, Num. 26:7. Place of in camp and march, Num. 2:10. Standard of, Num. 10:18. Have their inheritance east of the Jordan, Num. 32...
  

• Government

  [nave] GOVERNMENT Paternal functions of, Gen. 41:25-57. Civil service school provided by, Dan. 1:3-20. Maintains a system of public instruction, 2 Chr. 17:7-9. Executive departments in. See: Cabinet; King; Ruler; Statecraft. Ju...
  

• Misjudgment

  [nave] MISJUDGMENT. Instances of Of the Reubenites and Gadites, Num. 32:1-33; Josh. 22:11-31. Of Haah, 1 Sam. 1:14-17. See: Accusation, False; Uncharitableness.
  

• Uncharitableness

  [nave] UNCHARITABLENESS. Isa. 29:20, 21; Matt. 7:1-5 Luke 6:37-42. Luke 12:57; John 7:24; John 8:7; Rom. 2:1; Rom. 14:1-15; 1 Cor. 4:3-5, 7; 1 Cor. 13:1-6; Jas. 4:11, 12 See: Accusation, False; Charitableness; Slander; Speaking, E...
  

• Liberality

  [nave] LIBERALITY. Ex. 22:29, 30 Ex. 13:2, 12. Ex. 23:15 Ex. 34:20. Ex. 25:1-8; Ex. 35:4-29; Ex. 36:3-6; Ex. 38:8; Lev. 19:5 Lev. 22:29; Num. 35:8. Deut. 12:11, 12, 17-19; Deut. 14:27-29; Deut. 15:7-18; Deut. 16:10, 17; Deut. 18:1...
  

• Eastern Tribes Return Home

  

• [Jos 22:28] Anniversary Hymn

  Our fathers, in the years grown dim, reared slowly, wall by wall A holy dwelling place for Him, that filleth all in all. They wrought His house of faith and prayer, the rainbow round the throne, A precious temple builded fair on Christ the Cornerstone. The angel of the golden reed hath found the measure strait; He hears the Great Foundation plead for ampler wall and gate. The living pillars of the Truth grown on from morn to morn, And still the heresy of youth is age’s creed outworn. But steadfast is their inner shrine wrought of the heart’s fine gold, Its hunger and its thirst divine, with jewels manifold, Red sard of pain, hope’s emerald gleam, white peace, no glory missed Of righteous life and saintly dream, jasper to amethyst. Spirit of truth, forbid that we who now God’s temple are And keep the faith with minds more free, our father’s fabric mar. Better than thoughts the stars that search is self still sacrificed, For only love can build the church whose cornerstone is Christ.

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