Joshua Chapter 22
So Joshua reached out to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, no cap.
Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
He was like, “Y’all kept it real with everything Moses instructed you, and you vibed with my orders too.”
And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:
You didn’t ghost your crew this whole time, but stayed loyal to the Lord’s squad goals.
Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
Now the Lord’s given your crew some downtime, just like he promised: so head back to your tents and the land Moses set you up with across the Jordan.
And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, {and} unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.
But for real, keep it 100 with the commandments and the law Moses laid down: love the Lord, walk in his path, follow his guidelines, stick with him, and serve him with all your heart and soul.
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
So Joshua blessed them and sent them off: they bounced back to their tents.
So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.
Moses gave one half of Manasseh the Bashan vibes, but Joshua blessed the other half on this side of the Jordan. When he sent them off, he blessed them too.
Now to the {one} half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given {possession} in Bashan: but unto the {other} half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,
He told them, “Return with mad riches to your tents, and flex with tons of cattle, silver, gold, brass, iron, and fresh gear: share the spoils with your crew.”
And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches 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.
The Reubenites, Gadites, and half tribe of Manasseh bounced from Shiloh in Canaan back to their Gilead land, just like the Lord said through Moses.
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which {is} in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
When they reached the Jordan borders in Canaan, they built a lit altar by the river, a massive one to flex on.
And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that {are} 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 Jordan, a great altar to see to.
Yo, the squad of Israel caught wind that the Reuben and Gad crew, plus half of Manasseh, built an altar in Canaan, right by the Jordan. Major vibes.
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 over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
When Israel heard this, the whole crew gathered at Shiloh, ready to pop off and go to war.
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.
Israel sent Phinehas, Eleazar's son, to the Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh crew in Gilead.
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,
He brought ten princes, one from each fam in Israel, all heads of their squads. Goated team.
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. {chief...: Heb. house of the father}
They rolled up to Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh in Gilead and said,
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 spake with them, saying,
"The whole squad of the Lord wants to know, what’s this trespass you’ve pulled against the God of Israel? Why you building an altar and dipping from the Lord today?"
Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass {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, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?
Is the mess from Peor not enough for us? We’re still not clean from that vibe, even with the plague in the Lord's squad.
{Is} the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,
But y’all really turning away from the Lord today? If you rebel now, tomorrow He’s gonna be mad at the whole Israel crew.
But 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.
If your land is sus, just come over to the Lord's land where His tabernacle is, and chill with us. But don’t rebel against the Lord or us by building an altar next to our God’s altar.
Notwithstanding, 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 beside the altar of the LORD our God.
Remember Achan, Zerah's son? He messed up with the cursed stuff, and the whole Israel squad caught heat. He didn’t just go down alone, no cap.
Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
So the Reuben fam, Gad crew, and half of Manasseh were like, "Yo, leaders of Israel, hear us out!"
Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,
The Lord, the ultimate God, knows what's real, and Israel will know too; if we're being sus or going against the Lord, then just save us today, no cap.
The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if {it be} in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)
We built this altar to keep it real with the Lord, not to offer burnt or meat offerings, but if we did, let the Lord handle it.
That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require {it};
If we did this outta fear, saying, "Later on, your kids might ask our kids, 'What’s your vibe with the Lord God of Israel?'"
And if we have not {rather} done it for fear of {this} thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel? {In time...: Heb. To morrow}
The Lord made the Jordan a boundary between us and you, Reuben and Gad fam; you got no part with the Lord: your kids might make our kids stop vibing with the Lord.
For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
So we were like, "Let’s build an altar, but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, fr."
Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
It's a witness between us and you, and our future generations, that we can serve the Lord with our offerings so your kids won't say to ours, "You don’t vibe with the Lord."
But {that} it {may be} a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.
So when your kids ask us or our future kids, we can be like, "Check out this altar our fam made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices; it's a witness between us."
Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should {so} say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say {again}, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it {is} a witness between us and you.
No way we gonna rebel against the Lord today and build an altar for burnt offerings or sacrifices, except for the Lord’s altar in front of His tabernacle.
God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that {is} before his tabernacle.
When Phinehas the priest and the leaders caught what the Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh fam said, they were totally vibing with it.
And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which {were} with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them. {pleased...: Heb. was good in their eyes}
Phinehas, the priest's kid, told the Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh fam, "Yo, we see the Lord's vibes with us 'cause you didn’t mess up against Him. You just saved the whole crew of Israel from the Lord’s hand. No cap."
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD {is} among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD. {now: Heb. then}
Phinehas and the squad left from Reuben and Gad, back from Gilead to Canaan, to tell the Israel fam what went down.
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
The Israel crew was totally vibing with it, blessed God, and wasn’t about to roll up on Reuben and Gad to start beef over their land.
And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
Reuben and Gad named the altar Ed, saying, "This is our witness that the Lord is the GOAT."
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar {Ed}: for it {shall be} a witness between us that the LORD {is} God. {Ed: that is, A witness}