Joshua 22:25 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁵ “For יהוה  has made the Yardĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ For the Lord has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you, you Reubenites and Gadites; you have no part in the Lord. So your children might make our children cease from fearing the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ for Jehovah hath made the Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no portion in Jehovah: so might your children make our children cease from fearing Jehovah.

Common English Bible

²⁵ The LORD has set the Jordan as a border between us and you people of Reuben and Gad. You have no portion in the LORD!’ So your children might make our children stop worshipping the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ The Lord has stationed the river Jordan as the border between us and you, O sons of Reuben, O sons of Gad. And therefore, you have no part in the Lord.' And by this occasion, your sons would turn away our sons from the fear of the Lord. And so we sought something better,

Joshua 22:25 Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

And there came to be a man of Beliyaʽ

1 Kings 12:16

And all Yisra’ĕ

1 Kings 14:16

and He shall give Yisra’ĕ

1 Kings 15:30

because of the sins of Yaroḇ

Nehemiah 2:20

And I answered them, and said to them, “The Elohim of the heavens, He shall bless us and let us, His servants, rise and build, but you have no portion or right or remembrance in Yerushalayim.”

Psalm 16:5

יהוה  is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You uphold my lot.

Acts 8:21

“You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before Elohim.

Joshua 22:24

“But truly, from fear, for a reason we did this, saying, ‘In time to come your sons might speak to our sons, saying, “What have you to do with יהוה  Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Joshua 22:26

“So we said, ‘Let us now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt offering nor for slaughtering,

Joshua 22:27

but to be a witness between you and us and our generations after us, to do the service of יהוה  before Him with our burnt offerings, with our slaughterings, and with our peace offerings, that your sons should not say to our sons in time to come, “You have no portion with יהוה.” ’

1 Samuel 26:19

“And now, please, let my master the sovereign hear the words of his servant: If יהוה  has moved you against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, then they are cursed before יהוה, for they have driven me out today that I should not join myself to the inheritance of יהוה, saying, ‘Go, serve other mighty ones.’