Joshua 22:34 KJV

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.

Scofield Notes

  • Edi.e. a witness; so Josh 24:27.

Matthew Henry

  • The children of Israel satisfiedIt is well that there was on both sides a disposition to peace, as there was a zeal for God; for quarrels about religion, for want of wisdom and love, often...

Cross References

  • Joshua 22:27 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.
  • Joshua 24:27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
  • 1 Kings 18:39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
  • Isaiah 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
  • Matthew 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

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Topics

  • Altar Built by the Reubenites and Gadites
  • Decision Israelites
  • Ed Name of the altar, erected by the tribes, Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh at the fords of the Jordan River
  • 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...

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Bible Dictionary

  • ReubenBehold a son!, the eldest son of Jacob and Leah (Gen 29:32). His sinful conduct, referred to in Gen 35:22, brought down upon him his...
  • GadFortune; luck. (1.) Jacob’s seventh son, by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, and the brother of Asher (Gen 30:11–13; Gen 46:16, Gen 46:18). In...
  • EdWitness, a word not found in the original Hebrew, nor in the LXX. and Vulgate, but added by the translators in the Authorized Version,...
  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And the children בְּנֵי bĕnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct
  • of Reuben רְאוּבֵן rĕʾwwbēn רְאוּבֵן Proper name
  • and the children וּבְנֵי ûbĕnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct · with and
  • of Gad גָד gād גָּד Proper name
  • called וַיִּקְרְאוּ wayyiqrĕʾww קָרָא Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • the altar לַמִּזְבֵּחַ lammizbēaḥ מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
  • for it shall be a witness עֵד ʿēd עֵד Noun · masculine singular הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular
  • between us that the LORD כִּי kî Conjunction בֵּינֹתֵינוּ bênōtênû Preposition · with suffix: first person common plural כִּי kî Conjunction יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
  • God הָאֱלֹהִים hāʾĕlōhîm אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural · with the

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