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Christian Standard Bible ®

Joshua 22:12

When the Israelites heard this, the entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh to go to 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

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.
Amplified Bible
When the sons of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh to make war 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 in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh built a large, impressive altar there by the Jordan. 11Then the Israelites heard it said, “Look, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the frontier of the land of Canaan at the region of the Jordan, on the Israelite side.” 12When the Israelites heard this, the entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.13The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead. 14They sent ten leaders with him—one family leader for each tribe of Israel. All of them were heads of their ancestral families among the clans of Israel. 15They went to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and told them, 16“This is what the Lord’s entire community says: ‘What is this treachery you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the Lord and building an altar for yourselves, so that you are in rebellion against the Lord today? 17Wasn’t the iniquity of Peor, which brought a plague on the Lord’s community, enough for us? We have not cleansed ourselves from it even to this day, 18and now would you turn away from the Lord? If you rebel against the Lord today, tomorrow he will be angry with the entire community of Israel. 19But if the land you possess is defiled, cross over to the land the Lord possesses where the Lord’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But don’t rebel against the Lord or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the Lord our God.

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 replied, “I thought, ‘There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’
Genesis 22:2
“Take your son,” he said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”
Genesis 22:6
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on his son Isaac. In his hand he took the fire and the knife, and the two of them walked on together.
Genesis 22:8
Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” Then the two of them walked on together.
Genesis 22:9
When they arrived at the place that God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.
Genesis 22:10
Then Abraham reached out and took the knife to slaughter his son.
Genesis 22:12
Then he said, “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
Genesis 22:13
Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught in the thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
Genesis 22:21
Uz his firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel the father of Aram,
Genesis 22:22
Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, 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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