Verse 12
If you shall hear{H8085} tell concerning one{H259} of your cities,{H5892} which Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} gives{H5414} you to live{H3427} there, saying,{H559}
Referenced Verses
- Josh 22:11-34 : 11 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} heard{H8085} say,{H559} Behold, the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the {H2677} half-tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519} have built{H1129} an altar{H4196} in the forefront{H4136} of the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} in the region{H1552} about the Jordan,{H3383} on the side that pertaineth{H5676} to the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478} 12 And when the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} heard{H8085} of it, the whole congregation{H5712} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} gathered themselves together{H6950} at Shiloh,{H7887} to go up{H5927} against them to war.{H6635} 13 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} sent{H7971} unto the children{H1121} of Reuben,{H7205} and to the children{H1121} of Gad,{H1410} and to the {H2677} half-tribe{H7626} of Manasseh,{H4519} into the land{H776} of Gilead,{H1568} Phinehas{H6372} the son{H1121} of Eleazar{H499} the priest,{H3548} 14 and with him ten{H6235} princes,{H5387} one prince{H5387} of a fathers'{H1} house{H1004} for each{H259} of the tribes{H4294} of Israel;{H3478} and they were every one{H376} of them head{H7218} of their fathers'{H1} houses{H1004} among the thousands{H505} of Israel.{H3478} 15 And they came{H935} unto the children{H1121} of Reuben,{H7205} and to the children{H1121} of Gad,{H1410} and to the {H2677} half-tribe{H7626} of Manasseh,{H4519} unto the land{H776} of Gilead,{H1568} and they spake{H1696} with them, saying,{H559} 16 Thus saith{H559} the whole congregation{H5712} of Jehovah,{H3068} What trespass{H4604} is this that ye have committed{H4603} against the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} to turn away{H7725} this day{H3117} from following{H310} Jehovah,{H3068} in that ye have builded{H1129} you an altar,{H4196} to rebel{H4775} this day{H3117} against Jehovah?{H3068} 17 Is the iniquity{H5771} of Peor{H6465} too little{H4592} for us, from which we have not cleansed{H2891} ourselves unto this day,{H3117} although there came a plague{H5063} upon the congregation{H5712} of Jehovah,{H3068} 18 that ye must turn away{H7725} this day{H3117} from following{H310} Jehovah?{H3068} and it will be, seeing ye rebel{H4775} to-day{H3117} against Jehovah,{H3068} that to-morrow{H4279} he will be wroth{H7107} with the whole congregation{H5712} of Israel.{H3478} 19 Howbeit,{H389} if the land{H776} of your possession{H272} be unclean,{H2931} then pass ye over{H5674} unto the land{H776} of the possession{H272} of Jehovah,{H3068} wherein Jehovah's{H3068} tabernacle{H4908} dwelleth,{H7931} and take possession{H270} among{H8432} us: but rebel{H4775} not against Jehovah,{H3068} nor{H408} rebel{H4775} against us, in building{H1129} you an altar{H4196} besides{H1107} the altar{H4196} of Jehovah{H3068} our God.{H430} 20 Did not Achan{H5912} the son{H1121} of Zerah{H2226} commit{H4603} a trespass{H4604} in the devoted thing,{H2764} and wrath{H7110} fell{H1961} upon all the congregation{H5712} of Israel?{H3478} and that man{H376} perished{H1478} not alone{H259} in his iniquity.{H5771} 21 Then the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the {H2677} half-tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519} answered,{H6030} and spake{H1696} unto the heads{H7218} of the thousands{H505} of Israel,{H3478} 22 The Mighty One, God,{H410} Jehovah,{H3068} {H430} the Mighty One, God,{H410} Jehovah,{H3068} {H430} he knoweth;{H3045} and Israel{H3478} he shall know:{H3045} if it be in rebellion,{H4777} or if in trespass{H4604} against Jehovah{H3068} (save{H3467} thou us not this day,){H3117} 23 that we have built{H1129} us an altar{H4196} to turn{H7725} away from following{H310} Jehovah;{H3068} or if to offer{H5927} thereon burnt-offering{H5930} or meal-offering,{H5930} or if to offer{H6213} sacrifices of{H8002} peace-offerings{H2077} thereon, let Jehovah{H3068} himself require{H1245} it; 24 and if we have not [rather] out of carefulness{H1674} done{H6213} this,{H1697} [and] of purpose, saying,{H559} In time to come{H4279} your children{H1121} might speak{H559} unto our children,{H1121} saying,{H559} What have ye to do with Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel?{H3478} 25 for Jehovah{H3068} hath made{H5414} the Jordan{H3383} a border{H1366} between us and you, ye children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and children{H1121} of Gad;{H1410} ye have no portion{H2506} in Jehovah:{H3068} so might your children{H1121} make{H7673} our children{H1121} cease{H7673} from{H1115} fearing{H3372} Jehovah.{H3068} 26 Therefore we said,{H559} Let us now prepare{H6213} to build{H1129} us an altar,{H4196} not for burnt-offering,{H5930} nor for sacrifice:{H2077} 27 but it shall be a witness{H5707} between us and you, and between our generations{H1755} after{H310} us, that we may do{H5647} the service{H5656} of Jehovah{H3068} before{H6440} him with our burnt-offerings,{H5930} and with our sacrifices,{H2077} and with our peace-offerings;{H5930} that your children{H1121} may not say{H559} to our children{H1121} in time to come,{H4279} Ye have no portion{H2506} in Jehovah.{H3068} 28 Therefore said{H559} we, It shall be, when they so say{H559} to us or to our generations{H1755} in time to come,{H4279} that we shall say,{H559} Behold{H7200} the pattern{H8403} of the altar{H4196} of Jehovah,{H3068} which our fathers{H1} made,{H6213} not for burnt-offering,{H5930} nor for sacrifice;{H2077} but it is a witness{H5707} between us and you. 29 Far be{H2486} it from us that we should rebel{H4775} against Jehovah,{H3068} and turn{H7725} away this day{H3117} from following{H310} Jehovah,{H3068} to build{H1129} an altar{H4196} for burnt-offering,{H5930} for meal-offering,{H4503} or for sacrifice,{H2077} besides the altar{H4196} of Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} that is before{H6440} his tabernacle.{H4908} 30 And when Phinehas{H6372} the priest,{H3548} and the princes{H5387} of the congregation,{H5712} even the heads{H7218} of the thousands{H505} of Israel{H3478} that were with him, heard{H8085} the words{H1697} that the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the children{H1121} of Manasseh{H4519} spake,{H1696} it pleased{H3190} them well. 31 And Phinehas{H6372} the son{H1121} of Eleazar{H499} the priest{H3548} said{H559} unto the children{H1121} of Reuben,{H7205} and to the children{H1121} of Gad,{H1410} and to the children{H1121} of Manasseh,{H4519} This day{H3117} we know{H3045} that Jehovah{H3068} is in the midst{H8432} of us, because ye have not committed{H4603} this trespass{H4604} against Jehovah:{H3068} now{H227} have ye delivered{H5337} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} out of the hand{H3027} of Jehovah.{H3068} 32 And Phinehas{H6372} the son{H1121} of Eleazar{H499} the priest,{H3548} and the princes,{H5387} returned{H7725} from the children{H1121} of Reuben,{H7205} and from the children{H1121} of Gad,{H1410} out of the land{H776} of Gilead,{H1568} unto the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} to the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and brought{H7725} them word{H1697} again.{H7725} 33 And the thing{H1697} pleased{H3190} the children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} and the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} blessed{H1288} God,{H430} and spake no more{H559} of going up{H5927} against them to war,{H6635} to destroy{H7843} the land{H776} wherein the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children of Gad{H1410} dwelt.{H3427} 34 And the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} called{H7121} the altar{H4196} [Ed]: For, [said they], it is a witness{H5707} between us that Jehovah{H3068} is God.{H430}
- Judg 20:1-9 : 1 Then all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} went out,{H3318} and the congregation{H5712} was assembled{H6950} as one{H259} man,{H376} from Dan{H1835} even to Beer-sheba,{H884} with the land{H776} of Gilead,{H1568} unto Jehovah{H3068} at Mizpah.{H4709} 2 And the chiefs{H6438} of all the people,{H5971} even of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel,{H3478} presented{H3320} themselves in the assembly{H6951} of the people{H5971} of God,{H430} four{H702} hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} footmen{H376} that drew{H8025} sword.{H2719} 3 (Now the children{H1121} of Benjamin{H1144} heard{H8085} that the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} were gone up{H5927} to Mizpah.){H4709} And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} said,{H559} Tell{H1696} us, how was{H1961} this wickedness{H7451} brought to pass? 4 And the Levite,{H3881} the husband{H376} of the woman{H802} that was murdered,{H7523} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} I came{H935} into Gibeah{H1390} that belongeth to Benjamin,{H1144} I and my concubine,{H6370} to lodge.{H3885} 5 And the men{H1167} of Gibeah{H1390} rose{H6965} against me, and beset{H5437} the house{H1004} round about{H5437} me by night;{H3915} me they thought{H1819} to have slain,{H2026} and my concubine{H6370} they forced,{H6031} and she is dead.{H4191} 6 And I took{H270} my concubine,{H6370} and cut her in pieces,{H5408} and sent{H7971} her throughout all the country{H7704} of the inheritance{H5159} of Israel;{H3478} for they have committed{H6213} lewdness{H2154} and folly{H5039} in Israel.{H3478} 7 Behold, ye children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} all of you, give{H3051} here{H1988} your advice{H1697} and counsel.{H6098} 8 And all the people{H5971} arose{H6965} as one{H259} man,{H376} saying,{H559} We will not any{H376} of us go{H3212} to his tent,{H168} neither will we any{H376} of us turn{H5493} unto his house.{H1004} 9 But now this is the thing{H1697} which we will do{H6213} to Gibeah:{H1390} [we will go up] against it by lot;{H1486} 10 and we will take{H3947} ten{H6235} men{H582} of a hundred{H3967} throughout all the tribes{H7626} of Israel,{H3478} and a hundred{H3967} of a thousand,{H505} and a thousand{H505} out of ten thousand,{H7233} to fetch{H3947} victuals{H6720} for the people,{H5971} that they may do,{H6213} when they come{H935} to Gibeah{H1387} of Benjamin,{H1144} according to all the folly{H5039} that they have wrought{H6213} in Israel.{H3478} 11 So all the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} were gathered{H622} against the city,{H5892} knit together{H2270} as one{H259} man.{H376} 12 And the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} sent{H7971} men{H582} through all the tribe{H7626} of Benjamin,{H1144} saying,{H559} What wickedness{H7451} is this that is come{H1961} to pass among you? 13 Now therefore deliver{H5414} up the men,{H582} the base{H1100} fellows,{H1121} that are in Gibeah,{H1390} that we may put them to death,{H4191} and put away{H1197} evil{H7451} from Israel.{H3478} But Benjamin{H1144} {H1121} would{H14} not hearken{H8085} to the voice{H6963} of their brethren{H251} the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478} 14 And the children{H1121} of Benjamin{H1144} gathered themselves together{H622} out of the cities{H5892} unto Gibeah,{H1390} to go out{H3318} to battle{H4421} against the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478} 15 And the children{H1121} of Benjamin{H1144} were numbered{H6485} on that day{H3117} out of the cities{H5892} twenty{H6242} and six{H8337} thousand{H505} men{H376} that drew{H8025} sword,{H2719} besides the inhabitants{H3427} of Gibeah,{H1390} who were numbered{H6485} seven{H7651} hundred{H3967} chosen{H977} men.{H376} 16 Among all this people{H5971} there were seven{H7651} hundred{H3967} chosen{H977} men{H376} lefthanded;{H3027} every one could sling{H7049} stones{H68} at a hair-breadth,{H8185} and not miss.{H2398} 17 And the men{H376} of Israel,{H3478} besides Benjamin,{H1144} were numbered{H6485} four{H702} hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} men{H376} that drew{H8025} sword:{H2719} all these were men{H376} of war.{H4421}