Joshua 22 · Verse 25

Joshua 22:25

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.
Joshua 22:25, King James Version

Joshua 22:25 in other translations

BSBFor the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the LORD!’ So your descendants could cause ours to stop fearing the LORD.
WEBFor the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you, you children of Reuben and children of Gad. You have no portion in the LORD.”’ So your children might make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
ASVfor 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.
YLTfor a border hath Jehovah put between us and you, O sons of Reuben, and sons of Gad--Jordan; ye have no portion in Jehovah--and your sons have caused our sons to cease, not to fear Jehovah.
DARBYJehovah hath made the Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad, ye have no portion in Jehovah! And so shall your children make our children cease from fearing Jehovah.
BBEFor the Lord has made Jordan a line of division between us and you, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad; you have no part in the Lord: so your children will make our children give up fearing the Lord.
WebsterFor the LORD hath made Jordan a boundary 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.

What does Joshua 22:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 22:11-29

Jos 22:11-29. Contention Thereupon. 11-29. and the children of Israel heard say--Fame speedily spread intelligence of what the trans-jordanic tribes had done. The act being suspected of some idolatrous design, the tribes rose in a mass, and repairing to the tabernacle at Shiloh, resolved to declare war against the two tribes and a half as apostates from God. On calmer and more mature consideration, however, they…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 22:21-29

The tribes took the reproofs of their brethren in good part. With solemnity and meekness they proceeded to give all the satisfaction in their power. Reverence of God is expressed in the form of their appeal. This brief confession of faith would remove their brethren's suspicion that they intended to worship other gods. Let us always speak of God with seriousness, and mention his name with a solemn pause. Those who…

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Joshua 22:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּגְב֣וּלu.ge.Vuland a borderH1366
נָֽתַן\־na.tan-he has putH5414
יְ֠הוָהYah.wehYahwehH3068
בֵּינֵ֨נוּbei.Ne.nubetween usH996
וּבֵינֵיכֶ֜םu.vei.nei.Khemand between youH996
בְּנֵי\־be.nei-[the] descendants ofH1121
רְאוּבֵ֤ןre.'u.VenReubenH7205
וּבְנֵי\־u.ve.nei-and [the] descendants ofH1121
גָד֙gadGadH1410
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383
אֵין\־'ein-notH369
לָכֶ֥םla.Khem[belongs] to <the> you
חֵ֖לֶקChe.leka portionH2506
בַּֽיהוָ֑הba.Yah.wehin YahwehH3068
וְהִשְׁבִּ֤יתוּve.hish.Bi.tuand they will cause to ceaseH7673
בְנֵיכֶם֙ve.nei.Khemdescendants yourH1121
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בָּנֵ֔ינוּba.Nei.nudescendants ourH1121
לְבִלְתִּ֖יle.vil.Tito notH1115
יְרֹ֥אye.Ro'to fearH3372
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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Cross references for Joshua 22:25

  • Joshua 22:27

    But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord.

  • 1 Kings 12:16

    So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.

  • 1 Kings 12:27-30

    If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And he set the one in Beth–el, and the other put he in Dan. And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

  • 1 Kings 14:16

    And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Samuel 20:1

    And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

  • Acts 8:21

    Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

  • 1 Kings 15:30

    Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger.

  • Ezra 4:2-3

    Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar–haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither. But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the Lord God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

  • Nehemiah 2:20

    Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Samuel 26:19

    Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the Lord; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.

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Context

  • Joshua 22:24

    And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the Lord God of Israel?

  • Joshua 22:25

    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.

  • Joshua 22:26

    Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:

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Joshua 22:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Jehová ha puesto por término el Jordán entre nosotros y vosotros, oh hijos de Rubén é hijos de Gad; no tenéis vosotros parte en Jehová: y así vuestros hijos harán que nuestros hijos no teman á Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
L’ Éternel a mis une frontière, le Jourdain entre nous et vous, fils de Ruben et fils de Gad; vous n’avez point de part à l’ Éternel. Et ainsi vos fils feraient que nos fils cesseraient de craindre l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Jehova hat ja eine Grenze, den Jordan, zwischen uns und euch gesetzt, ihr Kinder Ruben und ihr Kinder Gad; ihr habt kein Teil an Jehova! Und so würden eure Kinder machen, daß unsere Kinder aufhörten, Jehova zu fürchten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
terminum posuit Dominus inter nos et vos, o filii Ruben, et filii Gad, Jordanem fluvium, et idcirco partem non habetis in Domino: et per hanc occasionem avertent filii vestri filios nostros a timore Domini. Putavimus itaque melius,