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Joshua 22

Josh. 22:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then Joshua
Yhowshuwa` (Hebrew #3091)
from 3068 and 3467; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
KJV usage: Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare 1954, 3442.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-shoo'-ah
Origin: or Yhowshua {yeh-ho-shoo'-ah}
called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
the Reubenites
R'uwbeniy (Hebrew #7206)
a Reubenite or descendant of Reuben
KJV usage: children of Reuben, Reubenites.
Pronounce: reh-oob-ay-nee'
Origin: patronymic from 7205
, and the Gadites
Gadiy (Hebrew #1425)
a Gadite (collectively) or descendants of Gad
KJV usage: Gadites, children of Gad.
Pronounce: gaw-dee'
Origin: patronymically from 1410
, and the half
chetsiy (Hebrew #2677)
the half or middle
KJV usage: half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.
Pronounce: khay-tsee'
Origin: from 2673
tribe
matteh (Hebrew #4294)
from 5186; a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)
KJV usage: rod, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: mat-teh'
Origin: or (feminine) mattah {mat-taw'}
of Manasseh
Mnashsheh (Hebrew #4519)
causing to forget; Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Manasseh.
Pronounce: men-ash-sheh'
Origin: from 5382
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Cross References

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1-9:  The two tribes and a half with a blessing are sent home.
10:  They build the altar of testimony in their journey.
11-20:  The Israelites are offended thereat.
21-34:  They vindicate their conduct, and give them good satisfaction.
Joshua.
Num. 32:18‑33• 18We will not return to our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited each one his inheritance.
 19For we will not inherit with them on yonder side the Jordan, and further, because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side the Jordan eastward.
 20And Moses said to them, If ye do this thing, if ye arm yourselves before Jehovah for war,
 21and all of you that are armed go over the Jordan before Jehovah, until he have dispossessed his enemies from before him,
 22and the land is subdued before Jehovah, and afterwards ye return, ye shall be guiltless toward Jehovah and toward Israel, and this land shall be your possession before Jehovah.
 23But if ye do not do so, behold, ye have sinned against Jehovah, and be sure your sin will find you out.
 24Build yourselves cities for your little ones, and folds for your flocks, and do that which has gone out of your mouth.
 25And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commands.
 26Our little ones, our wives, our cattle, and all our beasts shall be there in the cities of Gilead;
 27but thy servants will pass over, every one armed for war, before Jehovah to battle, as my lord says.
 28So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel.
 29And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben pass with you over the Jordan, every one armed for battle, before Jehovah, and the land be subdued before you, then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession;
 30but if they do not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
 31And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Jehovah has said to thy servants, so will we do.
 32We will pass over armed before Jehovah into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance on this side the Jordan shall be ours.
 33And Moses gave to them, to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og the king of Bashan, the land, according to its cities and territories, the cities of the land round about. (Num. 32:18‑33)
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Deut. 29:7‑8• 7And ye came to this place; and Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us for battle, and we smote them.
 8And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of the Manassites. (Deut. 29:7‑8)
Reubenites.We have already seen, that a detachment of 40,000 men, of the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, had passed over Jordan armed, with their brethren, according to their agreement with Moses.
The war being now concluded, the land divided, and their brethren settled, Joshua assembles these warriors; and with commendations for their services and fidelity, he dismisses them, having fist given them the most pious and suitable instructions.
They had now been about seven years absent from their respective families; and though there was only the river Jordan between the camp of Gilgal and their own inheritance, yet it does not appear that they had, during that time, ever revisited their home, which they might have done at any time of the year, except the harvest, as the river was at other times easily fordable.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,