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Joshua 22:12

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 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.
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.
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

10 And when they came unto the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look upon. 11 And the children of Israel heard say: 'Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertaineth to the children of Israel.' 12 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. 13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest; 14 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. 15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying: 16 'Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD: What treachery is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, to rebel this day against the LORD? 17 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 the LORD, 18 that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to-day against the LORD, that to-morrow He will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. 19 Howbeit, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD'S tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us; but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar besides 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
And Abraham said: 'Because I thought: Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
Genesis 22:2
And He said: 'Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.'
Genesis 22:6
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together.
Genesis 22:8
And Abraham said: 'God will provide Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son.' So they went both of them together.
Genesis 22:9
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
Genesis 22:10
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Genesis 22:12
And he said: 'Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou art a God-fearing man, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from Me.'
Genesis 22:13
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son.
Genesis 22:21
Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram;
Genesis 22:22
and 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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