JOSHUA 22:16

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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?

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Joshua 22:16 Translation & Meaning

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Thus כֹּ֣ה Properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now Thus
saith אָֽמְר֞וּ To say (used with great latitude) saith
the whole כֹּ֣ל׀ Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) whole
congregation עֲדַ֣ת A stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd) congregation
of the Lord, יְהוָ֗ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
What מָֽה Properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses What
trespass הַמַּ֤עַל Treachery, i.e., sin trespass
is (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
this הַזֶּה֙ The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that this
that אֲשֶׁ֤ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc that
ye have committed מְעַלְתֶּם֙ Properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e., treacherously committed
against the God בֵּֽאלֹהֵ֣י Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative against God
of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel
to turn away לָשׁ֣וּב To turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again turn away
this day הַיּ֔וֹם A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) day
from following מֵאַֽחֲרֵ֖י Properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) following
the Lord, יְהוָ֑ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
in that ye have builded בִּבְנֽוֹתְכֶ֤ם To build (literally and figuratively) builded
you an altar, מִזְבֵּ֔חַ An altar altar
that ye might rebel לִמְרָדְכֶ֥ם To rebel might rebel
this day הַיּ֖וֹם A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) day
against the Lord? בַּֽיהוָֽה׃ (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God against Lord

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  • 14  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.

  • 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 spake with them, saying,

  • 16  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?

  • 17  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,

  • 18  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.




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