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Joshua 22:32-34
New English Translation
Joshua 22:32-34
New English Translation
32 Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, and the leaders left the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead and reported back to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.[a] 33 The Israelites were satisfied with their report and gave thanks to God.[b] They said nothing more about launching an attack to destroy the land in which the Reubenites and Gadites lived.[c] 34 The Reubenites and Gadites named the altar, “Surely it is a Reminder to us[d] that the Lord is God.”
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- Joshua 22:32 tn Heb “and Phinehas…returned from the sons of Reuben and from the sons of Gad, from the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the sons of Israel. And they brought back to them a word.”
- Joshua 22:33 tn Heb “and the word was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel and the sons of Israel blessed God.”
- Joshua 22:33 tn Heb “and they did not speak about going up against them for battle to destroy the land in which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were living.”
- Joshua 22:34 tn Heb “a witness between us.”
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