Joshua 22:23 KJV
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;
Words Then and Now
- meat food of any kind Still heard today: sweetmeats, candies and sweets Webster’s 1828 · Meat
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Matthew Henry
- The answer of the ReubenitesThe tribes took the reproofs of their brethren in good part. With solemnity and meekness they proceeded to give all the satisfaction in their power....
Parallel Passages
- Deuteronomy 12:11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
- Deuteronomy 18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Deuteronomy 18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
- 1 Samuel 20:16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
- Genesis 9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
- Deuteronomy 12:11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
- 2 Chronicles 24:22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
- Psalms 10:13–14 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. …
- Ezekiel 3:18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
- Ezekiel 33:6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
- Ezekiel 33:8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
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Topics
- Government Executive officers of tribes and cities, called princes or nobles, members of the national assembly
- Haste In judgment, by Moses and the Israelites
- Israel Two and one-half tribes return from the west side of the Jordan River; erect a memorial to signify the unity of the tribes; the memorial...
- Manasseh Make satisfactory explanation
- Misjudgment Of the Reubenites and Gadites
- Motive When they built the memorial
- Phinehas Sent, with other princes of the Israelites west of the Jordan River to inquire of the Israelites on the east of the Jordan River what the...
- Prudence The Israelites, in the threatened war with the two and one-half tribes
- Reubenites Unite with the other tribes in building a monument to signify the unity of the tribes on the east of the Jordan River with the tribes on...
- Uncharitableness The tribes west of the Jordan River toward the two and a half tribes
- War Averted
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1451–1443 BC · Joshua
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- That we have built לִבְנוֹת libnôt בָּנָה Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
- us an altar לָנוּ lānû Preposition · with suffix: first person common plural מִזְבֵּחַ mizbēaḥ מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular
- to turn לָשׁוּב lāšûb שׁוּב Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
- from following מֵאַחֲרֵי mēʾaḥărê אַחַר Preposition
- the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- or if to offer וְאִם wĕʾim Conjunction לְהַעֲלוֹת lĕhaʿălôt עָלָה Verb · hiphil infinitive construct · with preposition
- thereon burnt offering עָלָיו ʿālāyw Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular עוֹלָה ʿôlâ עֹלָה Noun · feminine singular
- or meat offering וּמִנְחָה ûminḥâ מִנְחָה Noun · feminine singular · with and וְאִם wĕʾim Conjunction
- or if to offer לַעֲשׂוֹת laʿăśôt עָשָׂה Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
- peace שְׁלָמִים šĕlāmîm שֶׁלֶם Noun · masculine plural
- offerings עָלָיו ʿālāyw Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular זִבְחֵי zibḥê זֶבַח Noun · masculine plural construct
- thereon, let the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- himself require הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular יְבַקֵּשׁ yĕbaqqēš בָּקַשׁ Verb · piel imperfect, third person masculine singular
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