These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Joshua 22
Tanakh 34 verses
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Then called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of ,
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and said unto them: ‘Ye have kept all that the of commanded you, and have hearkened unto my voice in all that I commanded you;
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ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the of your .
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- 4 And now your hath given rest unto your brethren, as He spoke unto them; therefore now turn ye, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which the of gave you beyond the .
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Only take diligent heed to do the and the , which the of commanded you, to your , and to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and to cleave unto Him, and to Him with all your and with all your .’
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Deuteronomy 6:17 Deuteronomy 11:22 Joshua 24:14-15 Matthew 4:10 Deuteronomy 11:1 Deuteronomy 11:13 Isaiah 55:2 Acts 27:23 Matthew 6:24 1 John 5:2-3 Deuteronomy 10:20 Deuteronomy 4:1-2 John 21:15-17 Romans 8:28 John 12:26 Hebrews 6:11-12 Proverbs 4:23 1 Samuel 12:24 John 14:21-23 Exodus 15:26 James 2:5 Psalm 119:4-6 John 14:15 Matthew 22:37 Romans 1:9 Luke 1:74 Deuteronomy 10:12-13 James 1:12 Deuteronomy 6:5-9 Acts 11:23 1 Chronicles 28:7-8 1 Samuel 7:3 Deuteronomy 13:4 Deuteronomy 4:9 Deuteronomy 4:4 Psalm 106:3 Hebrews 12:15 2 Peter 1:5-10 Jeremiah 12:16 Joshua 23:8 Romans 12:9 1 Samuel 12:20 Deuteronomy 4:6 Exodus 20:6 - 6 So blessed them, and sent them away; and they went unto their tents.
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Now to the one half-tribe of had given inheritance in ; but unto the other half gave among their brethren beyond the westward. Moreover when sent them away unto their tents, he blessed them,
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- 8 and spoke unto them, saying: ‘Return with much wealth unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment; divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.’
- 9 And the children of and the children of and the half-tribe of returned, and departed from the children of out of , which is in the land of , to go unto the land of , to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the of by the hand of .
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And when they came unto the region about the , that is in the land of , the children of and the children of and the half-tribe of built there an by the , a great to look upon.
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- 11 And the children of heard say: ‘Behold, the children of and the children of and the half-tribe of have built an in the forefront of the land of , in the region about the , on the side that pertaineth to the children of .’
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And when the children of heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of gathered themselves together at , to go up against them to war.
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- 13 And the children of sent unto the children of , and to the children of , and to the half-tribe of , into the land of , Phinehas the son of Eleazar the ;
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and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers’ house for each of the tribes of ; and they were every one of them head of their fathers’ houses among the thousands of .
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And they came unto the children of , and to the children of , and to the half-tribe of , unto the land of , and they spoke with them, saying:
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2 Chronicles 26:18 1 Chronicles 21:3 Numbers 32:15 Isaiah 63:10 1 Corinthians 5:4 Deuteronomy 7:4 Ezra 9:15 Leviticus 17:8-9 Galatians 1:1-2 Hebrews 12:25 Psalm 78:8 2 Chronicles 10:19 Joshua 22:12 1 Corinthians 1:10 Matthew 18:17 Numbers 14:43 Exodus 32:8 1 Samuel 15:23 Matthew 6:14-15 Leviticus 5:19 Leviticus 26:40 2 Chronicles 25:27 2 Chronicles 28:13 Joshua 22:18 Deuteronomy 12:13-14 Ezra 9:2 Numbers 5:6 Deuteronomy 12:4-6 Deuteronomy 30:17 -
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Thus saith the whole congregation of : What treachery is this that ye have committed against the of , to turn away this day from following , in that ye have builded you an , to rebel this day against ?
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Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of ,
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- 18 that ye must turn away this day from following ? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to-day against , that to-morrow He will be wroth with the whole congregation of .
- 19 Howbeit, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of , wherein Yahweh’S dwelleth, and take possession among us; but rebel not against , nor rebel against us, in building you an besides the of our .
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Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass concerning the devoted thing, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of ? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.’
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Then the children of and the children of and the half-tribe of answered, and spoke unto the heads of the thousands of :
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, , , , , , He knoweth, and he shall ; if it be in rebellion, or if in treachery against — Thou us not this day—
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Deuteronomy 10:17 1 Kings 8:39 Psalm 44:21 Job 10:7 Jeremiah 17:10 Acts 25:11 Psalm 82:1 Psalm 7:3-5 Daniel 2:47 Micah 7:9 Malachi 3:18 Job 31:5-8 Revelation 19:16 1 Samuel 15:23 John 2:24-25 Daniel 11:36 Psalm 97:7 Acts 11:2-18 John 21:17 Psalm 95:3 1 Timothy 6:16 Psalm 136:2 Psalm 37:6 2 Corinthians 11:11 2 Corinthians 5:11 Job 31:38-40 Hebrews 4:13 Job 23:10 Exodus 18:11 Revelation 2:23 Psalm 139:1-12 Acts 1:24 2 Corinthians 11:31 Jeremiah 12:3 - 23 that we have built us an to turn away from following ; or if to offer thereon burnt- or meal-, or if to offer sacrifices of -offerings thereon, let Himself require it;
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and if we have not rather out of anxiety about a matter done this, saying: In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying: What have ye to do with , the of ?
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- 25 for hath made the a border between us and you, ye children of and children of ; ye have no portion in ; so might your children make our children cease from fearing .
- 26 Therefore we said: Let us now prepare to build us an , not for burnt-, nor for ;
- 27 but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of before Him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our -offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come: Ye have no portion in .
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Therefore said we: It shall be, when they so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say: Behold the pattern of the of , which our fathers made, not for burnt-, nor for ; but it is a witness between us and you.
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- 29 Far be it from us that we should rebel against , and turn away this day from following , to build an for burnt-, for meal-, or for , besides the of our that is before His .’
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And when Phinehas the , and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of that were with him, heard the words that the children of and the children of and the children of spoke, it pleased them well.
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- 31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the said unto the children of , and to the children of , and to the children of : ‘This day we that is in the midst of us, because ye have not committed this treachery against ; now have ye delivered the children of out of the hand of .’
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And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the , and the princes, returned from the children of , and from the children of , out of the land of , unto the land of , to the children of , and brought them back .
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- 33 And the thing pleased the children of ; and the children of blessed , and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land wherein the children of and the children of dwelt.
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And the children of and the children of called the —: ‘for it is a witness between us that is .’
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