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Joshua 22:34

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed; for it shall be a witness between us that the Lord is God. The entire sentence served as the name of the altar, for it should be regarded as a continual witness, for all times, that the tribes east of Jordan also accepted Jehovah as the one true God. It is well-pleasing to God if Christians are zealous for His honor, but He also expects us to discuss matters which may lead to quarrels in a proper, brotherly manner, lest we harm some one by an unjust suspicion.

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See also Joshua 22:34 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 22:34. _CALLED THE ALTAR_ ED] The word עד _ED_, which signifies _witness_ or _testimony_, is not found in the common editions of the Hebrew Bible, and is supplied in Italics by our trans...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The word עד _‛__êd_ is not found after “altar” in the text of most manuscripts, nor is it represented in the Septuagint or Vulgate. The passage should probably run: “the children of Reuben and the ch...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    III. THE FINAL WORDS OF JOSHUA AND THE EPILOGUE 1. The Two and One-half Tribes and the Altar Ed CHAPTER 22 _ 1. Joshua's address (Joshua 22:1)_ 2. The tribes dismissed and their return (Joshua 22:...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ALTAR OF WITNESS ERECTED BY THE E. JORDAN TRIBES. This narrative is clearly not historical, and the question arises, Why should it have been composed? The answer is that it is a Midrash (p. 314, 2...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ED. Hebrew "a witness. "This, and the verb "shall be", not in the received Hebrew text. (Some codices have it.) Literally "called the altar.. witness it is, &c. " GOD. the God. Hebrew ha-Elohim. App-...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _called the altar Ed_ The word _Ed_is not found after altar in the Hebrew, nor is it represented in the LXX. or Vulgate, nor are the words in the next clause, "shall be," in the original. The words in...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Return of the Embassy 33. _blessed God_ Compare 1 Chronicles 29:20, "And David said to all the congregation, Now _bless_the Lord your God. And all the congregation _blessed_the Lord God of their fathe...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 34. _AND THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN, AND—GAD, CALLED THE ALTAR ED_— The word עד _ad,_ is evidently wanting in the Hebrew, which only says _the children of Reuben,_ &c. _called the altar; for it is,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _A Reason Given for the Altar Joshua 22:21-34_ 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 Th...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    22:34 witness (b-21) Heb. _ Ed_ ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DISMISSAL OF THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES. THE AXTAR SET UP AT ED, AND THE CONTROVERSY IT RAISED 1-9. The dismissal of the tribes. 10-34. The controversy at Ed. Here, as in Numbers 25:7, we see Phinehas...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 22 4. ACCEPT GOD’S *BLESSING The *tribes...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THAT THE LORD (_i.e.,_ Jehovah) is God (of all the twelve tribes alike)....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַֽ יִּקְרְא֛וּ בְּנֵי ־רְאוּבֵ֥ן וּ בְנֵי ־ג

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXX. THE ALTAR ED. Joshua 22:1. THE two tribes and a half had behaved well. They had kept their word, remained with their brethren during all Joshua's campaign, and taken their part in all t...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE ALTAR OF WITNESS Joshua 22:21 Phinehas and the ten princes did their work well. It was politic as well as true to remind the departing warriors that they could not rebel against God without invol...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We now begin the third and last division of the Book, which tells the story of the final things circling around Joshua's farewell and passing. The first incident recorded is the return of the two and...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    As they were on their way home, they decided to erect an altar on the west side of Canaan. It did not take long for word to reach the rest of Israel about the erection of an altar by the two and one-h...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    God. Hebrew seems rather defective; (Calmet) "called the altar, (Syriac supplies the altar of witness) for it shall be a witness between us, that the Lord he is the God. Ed, "witness," is placed in th...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The word Ed signifies witness. Oh! that there may be many memorandums, as witnesses for me, of my interest in a covenant God in Christ. And, yet abundantly more and above all, do thou, blessed Spirit,...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    In the wars of Jehovah it was not always a question of hostile power. Indeed this is not the most serious evil which the people of God have to encounter in this world. The very same principle which wa...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 THROUGH 24. Chapter 12 is only a summary of their conquests. The Holy Ghost not only gives us the victory over our enemies, but makes us understand and kno...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN, AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD, CALLED THE ALTAR [ED],.... Which signifies a "witness"; they caused such an inscription to be put upon it, or this word to be engraved on it, that...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _They called the altar Ed_ That is, a witness; a witness of the relation they stood in to God and Israel, and of their concurrence with the other tribes in the common faith, that Jehovah he is God. It...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The two Tribes and halfe with a blessing are sent home. 9 They build the Altar of Testimony, in their iourney. 11 The Israelites are offended thereat. 21 They giue them good satisfaction. 1 THEN...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE RETURN OF THE 2 ½ TRIBES (vs.1-9) To their credit, the warriors from Reuben, Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh had continued faithfully with the other tribes in conflict with the enemy until all...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    ED: That is, a witness...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    30-34 It is well that there was on both sides a disposition to peace, as there was a zeal for God; for quarrels about religion, for want of wisdom and love, often prove the most fierce and difficult...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 22:34 children H1121 Reuben H7205 children H1121 Gad H1410 called H7121 (H8799) altar H4196 witness H5707

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, called the altar [Ed], for ‘it is a witness between us that YHWH is God'.' The actual name is not in the Massoretic Text. However it is found in...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    ED That is, a witness; so (Joshua 24:27)....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Two and a half tribes dismissed to their homes. Altar of Reuben and Gad. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Phinehas. CONCLUSION: Unhappy strifes will be prevented or soon healed by an impartial and...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Joshua 22:10. _A great altar to see to._ See on Numbers 32. The object of this mount or tumulus was to show that they belonged to the Hebrew nation, and had hope in the Messiah. It was a sudden ebulli...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Ye have not left your brethren._ HELPING ONE ANOTHER I. These tribes helped their brethren to their own inconvenience and positive detriment. A narrow-minded, selfish race would have recognised no c...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 22:34 CALLED THE ALTAR WITNESS. This sixth monument in the land (see note on 4:20) bears witness to the unity of the Israelite tribes on both sides of the Jordan....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 22:10. The borders of Jordan] _Lit. =_“the circles of the Jordan.” So, in chap. Joshua 13:2, we have “the circles of the Philistines.” The immediate neighbourhood of the Jordan...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOSHUA 22:1 THE REUBENITES AND THE GADITES. According to the Hebrew idiom, these are in the original in the singular, as in Genesis 12:6. Thus a tribe, as has been before remarked, or even...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter twenty-two, after now the land has all been given and apportioned out, Joshua called the men from Reuben, and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh (Joshua 22:1). Now you remember these...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 18:39; Isaiah 43:10; Joshua 22:27; Joshua 24:27; Matthew 4:10

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    HOME AGAIN Joshua 22:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The Heavenly warfare supersedes our duty at home. The two and a half tribes had left their homes to go over the Jordan in order to aid their brethren in...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The altar Ed — That is, a witness: a witness of the relation they stood in to God and Israel, and of their concurrence with the other tribes in the common faith, that Jehovah he is God. It was a witne...

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