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Joshua 22:14

They also sent ten of the leaders of the tribes there. There was one man from each family group of Israel who was at Shiloh.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gad;   Government;   Haste;   Misjudgment;   Motive;   Phinehas;   Prudence;   Reubenites;   Uncharitableness;   War;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Princes;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gad, the Tribe of;   Reuben, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Phinehas;   Reuben;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Phinehas;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Sexuality, Human;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Manasseh;   Thousands;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jordan;   Phinehas;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chief;   Father's House;   High Priest;   Household;   Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Joshua;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Phinehas ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Phin'ehas;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Altar;   Government of the Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Father's House;   Joshua, Book of;   Prince;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Numbers and Numerals;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They 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.
Hebrew Names Version
and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Yisra'el; and they were everyone of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Yisra'el.
King James Version
And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.
Lexham English Bible
and ten leaders with him, one leader for each family from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one was the head of his family among the clans of Israel.
English Standard Version
and with him ten chiefs, one from each of the tribal families of Israel, every one of them the head of a family among the clans of Israel.
New Century Version
They also sent one leader from each of the ten tribes at Shiloh. Each of them was a leader of his family group of Israelites.
New English Translation
He was accompanied by ten leaders, one from each of the Israelite tribes, each one a family leader among the Israelite clans.
Amplified Bible
and 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.
New American Standard Bible
and with him ten leaders, one leader for each father's household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one of them was the head of his father's household among the thousands of Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And with him ten princes, of euery chiefe house a prince, according to all the tribes of Israel: for euery one was chiefe of their fathers housholde among the thousands of Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
and with him ten leaders, one leader for each father's household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one of them was the head of his father's household among the thousands of Israel.
Contemporary English Version
Each of the tribes at Shiloh sent the leader of one of its families along with Phinehas.
Complete Jewish Bible
With him were ten leaders, one leader of an ancestral clan for each of the tribes of Isra'el; each one was a head of his ancestral clan among the thousands of Isra'el.
Darby Translation
and with him ten princes, of each father's house a prince, out of all the tribes of Israel; and each of them was head of a father's house, of the thousands of Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
And with him ten princes, one prince from every tribe of Israel; and these men were chiefs of the armies of Israel.
Good News Translation
Ten leading men went with Phinehas, one from each of the western tribes and each one the head of a family among the clans.
Literal Translation
and ten rulers with him, one ruler each for the house of a father, for all the tribes of Israel, and each of them a head of the house of their fathers, for the thousands of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and with him ten chefe prynces amonge the houses of their fathers, out of euery tribe in Israel one.
American Standard Version
and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
And with him they sent ten chiefs, one for every tribe of the children of Israel, every one of them the head of his house among the families of Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And with him ten lordes, of euery cheefe house a lorde, throughout all the tribes of Israel, which were heades of their fathers housholdes among the thousandes of Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.
King James Version (1611)
And with him ten princes, of ech chiefe house a prince, throughout all the tribes of Israel, and each one was an head of the house of their fathers, among the thousands of Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and ten of the chiefs with him; there was one chief of every household out of all the tribes of Israel; (the heads of families are the captains of thousands in Israel.)
English Revised Version
and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
With him they sent ten chiefs-one family leader from each tribe of Israel, each the head of a family among the clans of Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the sone of Eleazar, and ten princes with hym; of ech lynage o prince.
Young's Literal Translation
and ten princes with him, one prince, one prince, for a house of a father, for all the tribes of Israel, and each of them a head of a house of their fathers, for the thousands of Israel.
Update Bible Version
and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one [was] a head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.
World English Bible
and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were everyone of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.
New King James Version
and with him ten rulers, one ruler each from the chief house of every tribe of Israel; and each one was the head of the house of his father among the divisions [fn] of Israel.
New Living Translation
In this delegation were ten leaders of Israel, one from each of the ten tribes, and each the head of his family within the clans of Israel.
New Life Bible
With him were ten leaders, one leader from each ruling house in every family of Israel. Each one was the head of his father's house among the families of Israel.
New Revised Standard
and with him ten chiefs, one from each of the tribal families of Israel, every one of them the head of a family among the clans of Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and ten princes with him, one prince of an ancestral house for each of the tribes of Israel, - they being, severally heads of their ancestral houses, among the thousands of Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And ten princes with him, one of every tribe.
Revised Standard Version
and with him ten chiefs, one from each of the tribal families of Israel, every one of them the head of a family among the clans of Israel.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and with him ten chiefs, one chief for each father's household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one of them was the head of his father's household among the thousands of Israel.

Contextual Overview

10 They went to the place called Geliloth, near the Jordan River in the land of Canaan. There they built a beautiful altar. 11 But the other Israelites who were still at Shiloh heard about the altar that these three tribes built. They heard that the altar was at the border of Canaan at the place called Geliloth. It was near the Jordan River on Israel's side. 12 All the Israelites became very angry with these three tribes. They met together and decided to fight against them. 13 So the Israelites sent some men to talk to the people of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh. The leader of these men was Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest. 14 They also sent ten of the leaders of the tribes there. There was one man from each family group of Israel who was at Shiloh. 15 So these eleven men went to Gilead. They went to talk to the people of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh. The eleven men said to them, 16 "All the Lord 's people sent us to ask you this: ‘Why did you do this thing against the God of Israel? Why did you stop following the Lord ? Why did you build an altar for yourselves? You know that this is against the Lord 's command. 17 Remember what happened at Peor? Was the sin we committed there not bad enough? Because of that sin, the Lord punished his people with a terrible sickness. And we are still suffering from that sin. 18 And now you are doing the same thing. You are turning against the Lord . Will you refuse to follow the Lord ? If you don't stop what you are doing, he will be angry with everyone in Israel. 19 "‘If your land is not a good place to worship God, come over to the Lord 's land. This is where the Lord 's Tent is. You can have some of the land and live here. But don't turn against the Lord or against us by building another altar. We already have the altar of the Lord our God at the Meeting Tent.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

chief house: Heb. house of the father

an head: Exodus 18:25, Numbers 1:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 18:21 - rulers of thousands

Cross-References

Genesis 22:4
After they traveled three days, Abraham looked up, and in the distance he saw the place where they were going.
Genesis 22:5
Then he said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go to that place and worship. Then we will come back to you later."
Genesis 22:8
Abraham answered, "God himself is providing the lamb for the sacrifice, my son." So both Abraham and his son went together to that place.
Genesis 22:10
Then Abraham reached for his knife to kill his son.
Genesis 22:13
Then Abraham noticed a ram whose horns were caught in a bush. So Abraham went and took the ram. He offered it, instead of his son, as a sacrifice to God.
Genesis 22:14
So Abraham gave that place a name, "The Lord Provides." Even today people say, "On the mountain of the Lord , he will give us what we need."
Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you and give you as many descendants as the stars in the sky. There will be as many people as sand on the seashore. And your people will live in cities that they will take from their enemies.
Genesis 28:19
The name of that place was Luz, but Jacob named it Bethel.
Genesis 32:30
So Jacob named that place Peniel. He said, "At this place, I saw God face to face, but my life was spared."
Exodus 17:15
Then Moses built an altar and named it, "The Lord is My Flag."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince,

throughout all the tribes of Israel,.... The nine tribes and a half, so that the half tribe of Manasseh sent a prince, as well as the whole tribes:

and each one [was] an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel; that is, among the rulers of the thousands of Israel; and so the Greek version calls them Chiliarchs, rulers of thousands; for the people were divided into tens, fifties, hundreds, and thousands, over whom there were distinct rulers, Exodus 18:25. Now these were among the chief of them, of the highest rank and authority; they were the chief princes, heads of several tribes; a very honourable deputation this! the son of the high priest, and ten princes, the heads of the tribes; these were chosen and sent, partly in honour to their brethren beyond Jordan, and partly that they might carry the greater authority with them, and prevail upon them to hearken to them.


 
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