Joshua 22:16

“This is what all of the Lord's people say, ‘What is this disloyal act you have committed against the God of Israel by building an altar for yourselves? How could you turn away from him now in such rebellion?

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

15After they arrived they told the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

17Wasn't our sin at Peor enough? Even now we're still not clean from the plague that attacked the Lord's people.

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Cross References

Numbers 32:15If you give up following him, he will abandon these people in the desert once again, and their deaths will be your fault!”

Deuteronomy 12:13Make sure you don't present your burnt offerings just anywhere you want.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 22:11-21

The Altar of the Reubenites. ( b. c. 1444.) 10 And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to. 11 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel. 12 And… Read the whole commentary →

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