Joshua 22:25

The Lord made the Jordan the boundary between us and you, you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the Lord.’ Your descendants would make descendants give up the religion of the Lord.

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.

In Context

24Let the Lord himself punish us, if we did not do this in the fear that, later, descendants might say to our descendants, ‘What relationship do you have with the Lord the God of Israel?

26So we thought we would prepare to build an altar for ourselves, not to sacrifice burnt offerings or any sacrifice at all,

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Cross References

Psalms 16:5The Lord is my share and my portion, my fate is in your strong hands.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 22:22-30

21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel, 22 The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the Lord , (save us not this day,) 23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the Lord , or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the Lord himself require it;… Read the whole commentary →

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