Joshua 22
The two tribes and half with a blessing are sent home.
Joshua 22:1 In the same tyme Josue clepide men of Ruben, and men of Gad, and half the lynage of Manasses, Joshua 22:2 and seide to hem, Ye han do alle thingis whiche Moises, seruaunt of the Lord, comaundide to you, also ye obeieden to me in alle thingis; Joshua 22:3 nether ye han lefte youre britheren in mych tyme til in to present dai, and ye kepten the comaundement of youre Lord God. Joshua 22:4 Therfor for youre Lord God yaf reste and pees to youre britheren, as he bihiyte, turne ye ayen, and go ye in to youre tabernaclis, and in to the loond of youre possessioun, which lond Moyses, the seruaunt of the Lord, yaf to you biyende Jordan; Joshua 22:5 so onely that ye kepe bisili, and fille in werk the comaundement and lawe, which lawe Moises, the seruaunt of the Lord, comaundide to you; that ye loue youre Lord God, and go in alle hise weies, and kepe hise heestis, and cleue to hym and serue him in al youre herte, and in al youre soule. Joshua 22:6 And Josue blesside hem, and lefte hem, whiche turneden ayen in to her tabernaclis.
Joshua 22:7 Sotheli Moyses hadde youe possessioun in Basan to the half lynage of Manasses; and therfor to the half lynage that lefte Josue yaf part among her othere britheren biyendis Jordan, at the west coost therof. And whanne Josue leet hem go in to her tabernaclis, and hadde blessid hem, Joshua 22:8 he seyde to hem, With myche catel and richessis turne ye ayen to youre seetis; with siluer and gold, and bras, and yrun, and myche clothing; departe ye the prey of enemyes with youre britheren.
Joshua 22:9 And the sones of Ruben, and the sones of Gad, and half the lynage of Manasses turneden ayen, and yeden fro the sones of Israel fro Silo, which is set in the lond of Canaan, that thei schulden entre in to Galaad, the lond of her possessioun, which thei gaten bi comaundement of the Lord in the hond of Moises.
They build the altar of testimony in their journey.
Joshua 22:10 And whanne thei hadden come to the litle hillis of Jordan, in to the lond of Canaan, thei bildiden bisidis Jordan an auter of greetnesse ouer comyn mesure.
The Israelites are offended thereat.
Joshua 22:11 And whanne the sones of Israel hadden herd this, and certeyn messangeris hadden teld to hem, that the sones of Ruben, and of Gad, and the half lynage of Manasses hadden bildid an auter in the lond of Canaan, on the heepis of Jordan, ayens the sones of Israel, Joshua 22:12 alle camen togidir in Silo, that thei schulden stie, and fiyte ayens hem. Joshua 22:13 And in the meene tyme thei senten to hem in to the lond of Galaad, Fynees, preest, Joshua 22:14 the sone of Eleazar, and ten princes with hym; of ech lynage o prince.
Joshua 22:15 Whiche camen to the sones of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half lynage of Manasses, in to the lond of Galaad, and seiden to hem, Joshua 22:16 Al the puple of the Lord sendith these thingis; What is this trespassyng? Whi han ye forsake the Lord God of Israel, and han bildid a cursid auter, and han go awei fro the worschiping of hym? Joshua 22:17 Whether it is litil to you that ye synneden in Belfegor, and the wem of this trespas dwellith in you til in to present dai, and many of the puple felden doun? Joshua 22:18 And to day ye han forsake the Lord, and to morewe, that is, in tyme to comynge, the ire of hym schal be feers ayens al Israel. Joshua 22:19 That if ye gessen, that the lond of youre possessioun is vncleene, passe to the lond, in which the tabernacle of the Lord is, and dwelle ye among vs, oneli that ye go not awei fro the Lord, and fro oure felouschipe, bi an auter bildid outakun the auter of oure Lord God. Joshua 22:20 Whether not Achar, the sone of Zare, passide the comaundement of the Lord, and his ire felde on al the puple of Israel? And he was o man; and we wolden that he aloone hadde perischid in his trespas.
They give them good satisfaction.
Joshua 22:21 And the sones of Ruben, and of Gad, and of half the lynage of Manasses, answeriden to the princes of the message of Israel, Joshua 22:22 The strongeste Lord God hym silf of Israel knowith, and Israel schal vndirstonde togidere; if we bildiden this auter for entent of trespassyng, that is, of ydolatrye, he kepe not vs, but punysche in present time; Joshua 22:23 and if we diden bi that mynde, that we schulden putte theronne brent sacrifice, and sacrifice, and pesible sacrifices, he seke, and deme; Joshua 22:24 and not more bi that thouyt and tretyng that we seiden, Youre sones schulen seie to morew to oure sones, What is to you and to the Lord God of Israel? Ye sones of Ruben, Joshua 22:25 and ye sones of Gad, the Lord hath set a terme, the flood Jordan, bitwixe vs and you; and therfor ye han not part in the Lord; and bi this occasioun youre sones schulen turne awei oure sones fro the drede of the Lord. Therfor we gessiden betere, Joshua 22:26 and seiden, Bilde we an auter to vs, not in to brent sacrifices, nethir to sacrifices to be offrid, Joshua 22:27 but in to witnessyng bitwixe vs and you, and bitwixe oure children and youre generacioun, that we serue the Lord, and that it be of oure riyt to offre brent sacrifices, and sacrifices, and pesible sacrifices; and that youre sones seie not to morewe to oure sones, No part in the Lord is to you. Joshua 22:28 And if youre sones wolen seie this, oure sones schulen answere hem, Lo! the auter of the Lord, which oure fadris maden, not in to brent sacrifices, nether in to sacrifice, but in to oure and your witnessing euerlastinge. Joshua 22:29 Fer be this trespas fro vs, that we go awei fro the Lord, and forsake hise steppis, bi an auter bildid to brent sacrifices, and sacrifices, and sacrifices of preisyng to be offrid, outakun the auter of oure Lord God, which is bildid bifore his tabernacle.
Joshua 22:30 And whanne these thingis weren herd, Fynees, preest, and the princes of message of Israel, that weren with hym, weren plesyd; and thei resseyueden gladli the wordis of the sones of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half lynage of Manasses. Joshua 22:31 And Finees, preest, the sone of Eleazar, seide to hem, Now we wyten, that the Lord is with you; for ye ben alien fro this trespassyng, and ye han delyuered the sones of Israel fro the hond, that is, punyschyng, of the Lord.
Joshua 22:32 And Fynees turnede ayen with the princes fro the sones of Ruben and of Gad, fro the lond of Galaad to the coost of Canaan, to the sones of Israel; and he telde to hem. Joshua 22:33 And the word pleside to alle men herynge; and the sones of Israel preisiden God, and seiden, that no more thei schulden stie ayens hem, and fiyte, and do awei the lond of her possessioun. Joshua 22:34 And the sones of Ruben and the sones of Gad clepiden the auter, which thei hadden bildid, Oure Witnessyng, that the Lord hym silf is God.
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