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Joshua 22:12

When the sons of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh to make war against them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gad;   Haste;   Misjudgment;   Motive;   Prudence;   Reubenites;   Shiloh;   Uncharitableness;   War;   Zeal, Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gad, the Tribe of;   Reuben, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Phinehas;   Reuben;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Shiloh;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Manasseh;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jordan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Host of Heaven;   Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Joshua;   Shiloh;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Altar;   Government of the Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Criticism (the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis);   Joshua, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When the Israelites heard this, the entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.
Hebrew Names Version
When the children of Yisra'el heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Yisra'el gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.
King James Version
And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
Lexham English Bible
When the Israelites heard of it, the whole congregation of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh to go up against them for battle.
English Standard Version
And when the people of Israel heard of it, the whole assembly of the people of Israel gathered at Shiloh to make war against them.
New Century Version
All the Israelites became very angry at these three tribes, so they met together and decided to fight them.
New English Translation
When the Israelites heard this, the entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh to launch an attack against them.
New American Standard Bible
And when the sons of Israel heard about it, the entire congregation of the sons of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go up against them in battle.
Geneva Bible (1587)
When the children of Israel heard it, then the whole Congregation of the children of Israel gathered them together at Shiloh to goe vp to warre against them.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the sons of Israel heard of it, and the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled themselves at Shiloh to go up against them in war.
Contemporary English Version
the Israelite men met at Shiloh to get ready to attack the two and a half tribes.
Complete Jewish Bible
When the people of Isra'el heard of it, the entire community of Isra'el gathered together in Shiloh to wage war against them.
Darby Translation
And when the children of Israel heard [of it], the whole assembly of the children of Israel gathered together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.
Easy-to-Read Version
All the Israelites became very angry with these three tribes. They met together and decided to fight against them.
George Lamsa Translation
Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh to go to war against them.
Good News Translation
When the people of Israel heard this, the whole community came together at Shiloh to go to war against the eastern tribes.
Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel heard, and all the company of the sons of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go up against them to war.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
they gathered them selues together with the whole congregacion at Silo, to go vp agaynst the with an armye.
American Standard Version
And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.
Bible in Basic English
Then all the meeting of the children of Israel, hearing this, came together at Shiloh to go up against them to war.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When the children of Israel hearde of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered them together at Silo, to make battell against them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.
King James Version (1611)
And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole Congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselues together at Shiloh, to goe vp to warre against them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And all the children of Israel gathered together to Selo, so as to go up and fight against them.
English Revised Version
And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.
Berean Standard Bible
And when they heard this, the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
alle camen togidir in Silo, that thei schulden stie, and fiyte ayens hem.
Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel hear, and all the company of the sons of Israel is assembled at Shiloh, to go up against them to war;
Update Bible Version
And when the sons of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the sons of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when the children of Israel heard [of it], the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
World English Bible
When the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.
New King James Version
And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered together at Shiloh to go to war against them.
New Living Translation
So the whole community of Israel gathered at Shiloh and prepared to go to war against them.
New Life Bible
When the people of Israel heard about it, all the sons of Israel gathered at Shiloh to make war against them.
New Revised Standard
And when the people of Israel heard of it, the whole assembly of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh, to make war against them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when the sons of Israel heard, all the assembly of the sons of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.
Douay-Rheims Bible
They all assembled in Silo, to go up and fight against them.
Revised Standard Version
And when the people of Israel heard of it, the whole assembly of the people of Israel gathered at Shiloh, to make war against them.
THE MESSAGE
When the People of Israel heard this, the entire congregation mustered at Shiloh to go to war against them. They sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh (that is, to the land of Gilead). Accompanying him were ten chiefs, one chief for each of the ten tribes, each the head of his ancestral family. They represented the military divisions of Israel.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When the sons of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the sons of Israel gathered themselves at Shiloh to go up against them in war.

Contextual Overview

10When they came to the region of the Jordan which is in the land of Canaan, the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan, an altar that was great to behold. 11And the [other] sons of Israel heard it said, "Look, the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the edge of the land of Canaan, in the region [west] of the Jordan, on the side belonging to the sons of Israel." 12When the sons of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh to make war against them.13Then the sons of Israel sent Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest to the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, 14and with him ten leaders, one leader from each father's household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one was the head of his father's household among the thousands of Israel. 15They came to the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and they said to them, 16"This is what the entire congregation of the LORD says, 'What is this disloyal and unfaithful act which you have committed against the God of Israel, so as to turn away from following the LORD this day, by building yourselves an altar, to rebel against the LORD this day? 17'Is the wrongdoing (idolatry) of Peor not enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, even though the affliction [in which twenty-four thousand died] came on the congregation of the LORD, 18that you would turn away this day from following the LORD? If you rebel against the LORD today, He will be angry with the entire congregation of Israel tomorrow. 19'If, however, the land of your possession is unclean, then cross into the land of the possession of the LORD, where the LORD'S tabernacle is situated, and settle down among us. But do not rebel against the LORD, or rebel against us by building an altar for yourselves, besides the altar of the LORD our God [at Shiloh].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the whole: Supposing they had built this altar for sacrifice, in opposition to the command of God, they considered them as rebels against God and the Israelitish constitution. Deuteronomy 13:15, Judges 20:1-11, Acts 11:2, Acts 11:3, Romans 10:2, Galatians 4:17, Galatians 4:18

Reciprocal: Joshua 22:15 - General Joshua 22:32 - and brought 1 Samuel 1:14 - How long

Cross-References

Genesis 20:11
Abraham said, "Because I thought, 'Surely there is no fear or reverence of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'
Genesis 22:2
God said, "Take now your son, your only son [of promise], whom you love, Isaac, and go to the region of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."
Genesis 22:6
Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on [the shoulders of] Isaac his son, and he took the fire (firepot) in his own hand and the [sacrificial] knife; and the two of them walked on together.
Genesis 22:8
Abraham said, "My son, God will provide for Himself a lamb for the burnt offering." So the two walked on together.
Genesis 22:9
When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood, and bound Isaac his son and placed him on the altar, on top of the wood.
Genesis 22:10
Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to kill his son.
Genesis 22:12
The LORD said, "Do not reach out [with the knife in] your hand against the boy, and do nothing to [harm] him; for now I know that you fear God [with reverence and profound respect], since you have not withheld from Me your son, your only son [of promise]."
Genesis 22:13
Then Abraham looked up and glanced around, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering (ascending sacrifice) instead of his son.
Genesis 22:21
Uz the firstborn and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram,
Genesis 22:22
Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when the children of Israel heard [of it],.... Of the building the altar in the above place, namely, the nine tribes and a half settled in the land of Canaan:

the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh; where the tabernacle and altar of the Lord were, whose cause they undertook to avenge, being injured as they imagined by the altar the other tribes had built, and where they could consult the Lord by Urim and Thummim, if needful; hither they repaired from the several places around, where their tribes were settled; not the whole body of the people, but their heads and representatives:

to go up to war against them; to consult about it, and to prepare for it, which they were obliged to do by the law of God, as in the case of a city, so of a tribe drawn aside to idolatry; and which they imagined was the case of these tribes, or at least what they had done had a tendency to apostasy from the true worship of God, which they were zealous to defend at the hazard of their lives, and though it should issue in an extirpation of one or more of their tribes; see

Deuteronomy 13:12.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gathered themselves together - The various tribes had already dispersed to their homes, and were now summoned together again.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 22:12. To go up to war against them. — Supposing that they had built this altar in opposition to that which Moses, by the command of God, had erected, and were consequently become rebels against God and the Israelitish constitution, and should be treated as such. Their great concern for the glory of God led them to take this step, which at first view might appear precipitate; but, that they might do nothing rashly, they first sent Phinehas and ten princes, one out of each tribe, to require an explanation of their motives in erecting this altar.


 
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