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and each one <i>was</i> an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joshua/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />and with him ten rulers, one ruler each from the chief house of every tribe of Israel; and each one <i>was</i> the head of the house of his father among the divisions of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joshua/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and with him ten leaders, one leader for each father’s household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one of them <i>was</i> the head of his father’s household among the thousands of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and with him ten chiefs, one chief for each father&#8217s household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one of them was the head of his father&#8217s household among the thousands of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joshua/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and with him ten chiefs, one chief for each father’s household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one of them <i>was</i> the head of his father’s household among the thousands of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joshua/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and with him ten leaders, one leader for each father’s household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one of them <i>was</i> the head of his father’s household among the thousands of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joshua/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and with him ten leaders, one leader from each father’s household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one was the head of his father’s household among the thousands of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joshua/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They sent ten leaders with him—one family leader for each tribe of Israel. All of them were heads of their ancestral families among the clans of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They sent 10 leaders with him—one family leader for each tribe of Israel. All of them were heads of their families among the clans of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joshua/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Each of the ten tribes at Shiloh sent the leader of one of its families along with Phinehas. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joshua/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Ten leaders, one from each tribe in Israel, went with him. Each man was a leader of a household and head of a family division in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joshua/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Ten leading men went with Phinehas, one from each of the western tribes and each one the head of a family among the clans. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joshua/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />and ten officials with him (one for each of the tribal families of Israel, each one of them a family leader among the tribes of Israel). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joshua/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />With him they sent ten chiefs?one family leader from each tribe of Israel, each the head of a family among the clans of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joshua/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He was accompanied by ten leaders, one from each of the Israelite tribes, each one a family leader among the Israelite clans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joshua/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and every one of them heads of ancestral houses among the thousands of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was a head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />With him were ten princes, one prince of a fathers’ house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were each head of their fathers’ houses among the thousands of Israel. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joshua/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and ten princes with him, one prince—one prince for a house of a father, for all the tribes of Israel, and each of them a head of a house of their fathers, for the thousands of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and ten princes with him, one prince, one prince, for a house of a father, for all the tribes of Israel, and each of them a head of a house of their fathers, for the thousands of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joshua/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And ten chiefs with him, one chief, one chief, to the house of a father for all the tribes of Israel; and each the head of the house of their fathers, these for the thousands of Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And ten princes with him, one of every tribe. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joshua/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and ten leaders with him, one from each tribe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and with him ten leaders, one from each tribe of Israel, each one the head of an ancestral house among the clans of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and with him ten chiefs, one from each of the tribal families of Israel, every one of them the head of a family among the clans of Israel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joshua/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And with him ten princes, one prince from every tribe of Israel; and these men were chiefs of the armies of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joshua/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And ten Princes with him, one great man from all the tribes of Israel, and those men were the Commanders of the armies of Israel<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joshua/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joshua/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and ten of the chiefs with him; <i>there was</i> one chief of every household out of all the tribes of Israel; (the heads of families are the captains of thousands in Israel.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joshua/22-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=5757" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joshua/22.htm">The Offensive Altar</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">With him</a> <a href="/hebrew/6235.htm" title="6235: wa·‘ă·śā·rāh (Conj-w:: Number-ms) -- Ten. Masculine of term aasarah; from asar; ten.">they sent ten</a> <a href="/hebrew/5387.htm" title="5387: nə·śi·’îm (N-mp) -- Or nasi'; from nasa'; properly, an exalted one, i.e. A king or sheik; also a rising mist.">chiefs—</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">one</a> <a href="/hebrew/5387.htm" title="5387: nā·śî (N-ms) -- Or nasi'; from nasa'; properly, an exalted one, i.e. A king or sheik; also a rising mist."></a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: lə·ḇêṯ (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">family</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’āḇ (N-ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5387.htm" title="5387: nā·śî (N-ms) -- Or nasi'; from nasa'; properly, an exalted one, i.e. A king or sheik; also a rising mist.">leader</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵōl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">from each</a> <a href="/hebrew/4294.htm" title="4294: maṭ·ṭō·wṯ (N-mpc) -- Or mattah; from natah; a branch; figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising, ruling, throwing, or walking.">tribe</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: wə·’îš (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">each</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm·māh (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: rōš (N-msc) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">the head</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ- (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of a family</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)."></a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: lə·’al·p̄ê (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand.">among the clans</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/32-1.htm">Numbers 32:1-5</a></span><br />Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock. / So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said, / “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/13-12.htm">Deuteronomy 13:12-18</a></span><br />If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said / that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known), / then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1-11</a></span><br />Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah. / The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords. / (Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22-23</a></span><br />But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. / For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-26.htm">1 Kings 12:26-33</a></span><br />Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David. / If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.” / After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-23</a></span><br />All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-1.htm">2 Chronicles 30:1-12</a></span><br />Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel. / For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month, / since they had been unable to keep it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/10-1.htm">Ezra 10:1-5</a></span><br />While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well. / Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel. / So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm">Nehemiah 9:1-3</a></span><br />On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads. / Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. / While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/133-1.htm">Psalm 133:1</a></span><br />A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18-20</a></span><br />“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool. / If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. / But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-1.htm">Jeremiah 7:1-15</a></span><br />This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, / “Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD. / Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30-32</a></span><br />Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/18-15.htm">Matthew 18:15-17</a></span><br />If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. / But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ / If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.</p><p class="hdg">chief house [heb] house of the father </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/18-25.htm">Exodus 18:25</a></b></br> And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/1-4.htm">Numbers 1:4</a></b></br> And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/21-1.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/joshua/13-21.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/joshua/22-13.htm">Children</a> <a href="/joshua/21-40.htm">Clans</a> <a href="/joshua/18-5.htm">Division</a> <a href="/joshua/11-10.htm">Head</a> <a href="/joshua/21-45.htm">House</a> <a href="/joshua/7-18.htm">Household</a> <a href="/joshua/21-1.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/joshua/22-13.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/5-15.htm">Prince</a> <a href="/joshua/17-4.htm">Princes</a> <a href="/joshua/21-26.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-17.htm">Thousands</a> <a href="/joshua/16-1.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/joshua/21-1.htm">Tribal</a> <a href="/joshua/22-13.htm">Tribe</a> <a href="/joshua/21-16.htm">Tribes</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/6-15.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/joshua/22-30.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/joshua/22-15.htm">Children</a> <a href="/joshua/22-21.htm">Clans</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-29.htm">Division</a> <a href="/judges/4-7.htm">Head</a> <a href="/joshua/24-15.htm">House</a> <a href="/judges/6-27.htm">Household</a> <a href="/judges/18-14.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/joshua/22-16.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/8-18.htm">Prince</a> <a href="/joshua/22-30.htm">Princes</a> <a href="/joshua/24-29.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/joshua/22-21.htm">Thousands</a> <a href="/joshua/24-3.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/genesis/25-16.htm">Tribal</a> <a href="/joshua/22-15.htm">Tribe</a> <a href="/joshua/23-4.htm">Tribes</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 22</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/22-1.htm">The two tribes and a half with a blessing are sent home,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/22-10.htm">They build the altar of testimony in their journey</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/22-11.htm">The Israelites are offended thereat</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/22-21.htm">They vindicate their conduct, and give them good satisfaction</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/22.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/joshua/22.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>With him they sent ten chiefs—</b><br>This phrase refers to the delegation sent by the Israelites to address the concerns regarding the altar built by the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. The number ten is significant in biblical numerology, often symbolizing completeness or the entirety of a group. The sending of ten chiefs underscores the seriousness of the situation and the desire for a comprehensive representation of the Israelite community. This action reflects the communal decision-making process in ancient Israel, where leaders were chosen to represent the collective interests of the tribes.<p><b>one family leader from each tribe of Israel,</b><br>The selection of one leader from each tribe emphasizes the unity and equality among the tribes of Israel. Each tribe had its own distinct identity and leadership, yet they were all part of the larger covenant community. This structure of leadership is reminiscent of the organization seen in the wilderness journey, where tribal leaders played crucial roles in guiding and managing the people (<a href="/numbers/1-4.htm">Numbers 1:4-16</a>). It also highlights the importance of family and tribal affiliations in ancient Israelite society, where leadership was often hereditary and based on lineage.<p><b>each the head of a family among the clans of Israel.</b><br>The term "head of a family" indicates a position of authority and respect within the clan structure. In ancient Israel, clans were sub-divisions of tribes, and family heads were responsible for the welfare and representation of their extended families. This hierarchical structure ensured that decisions were made with consideration for the needs and perspectives of all community members. The involvement of family heads in this delegation underscores the gravity of the situation and the need for a resolution that would maintain the unity and purity of worship among the Israelites. This structure also foreshadows the New Testament concept of the church as a family of believers, with Christ as the head (<a href="/ephesians/5-23.htm">Ephesians 5:23</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/phinehas.htm">Phinehas</a></b><br>The son of Eleazar the priest, Phinehas is a key figure in this chapter, leading the delegation to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. Known for his zeal for God's holiness, Phinehas plays a crucial role in maintaining unity among the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/ten_chiefs.htm">Ten Chiefs</a></b><br>These are the leaders from each of the remaining tribes of Israel. Their involvement signifies the importance of the mission and the collective responsibility of the tribes to address potential issues of faithfulness to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/tribes_of_reuben,_gad,_and_half-tribe_of_manasseh.htm">Tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Half-Tribe of Manasseh</a></b><br>These tribes had settled on the east side of the Jordan River. Their construction of an altar led to concerns among the other tribes about potential idolatry or division.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/shiloh.htm">Shiloh</a></b><br>The place where the Israelites gathered before sending the delegation. It was the religious center of Israel at the time, housing the Tabernacle.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jordan_river.htm">Jordan River</a></b><br>A significant geographical and symbolic boundary in this account, representing both physical separation and potential spiritual division among the tribes.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_godly_leadership.htm">The Importance of Godly Leadership</a></b><br>Leaders like Phinehas and the ten chiefs demonstrate the necessity of godly leadership in addressing potential conflicts and maintaining unity within the community of faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_in_the_body_of_believers.htm">Unity in the Body of Believers</a></b><br>The tribes' concern for each other's faithfulness to God highlights the importance of unity and accountability among believers today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/addressing_misunderstandings_with_grace.htm">Addressing Misunderstandings with Grace</a></b><br>The approach of the delegation, seeking to understand before passing judgment, serves as a model for resolving conflicts and misunderstandings within the church.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_symbols_in_faith.htm">The Role of Symbols in Faith</a></b><br>The altar built by the eastern tribes was a symbol of their connection to the rest of Israel. This reminds us of the importance of symbols in expressing and maintaining our faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_idolatry.htm">Guarding Against Idolatry</a></b><br>The swift response to the potential for idolatry underscores the need for vigilance in guarding against anything that might lead us away from true worship of God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 22</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_are_the_calebites_in_the_bible.htm">Who are the Calebites in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_joshua_22_align_with_deut._12.htm">How does Joshua 22 align with other passages that mandate a single place of worship (e.g., Deuteronomy 12), and why is there no mention of God's direct intervention here?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_2_cor._8_13-14_conflict_with_wealth_texts.htm">In 2 Corinthians 8:13-14, does Paul's call for economic 'fairness' conflict with other biblical texts that accept wealth disparities or personal ownership?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_levites'_lands_align_biblically.htm">In Joshua 14:3-4, how does the Levites' lack of a territorial inheritance align with other biblical passages that mention Levitical cities and lands?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And with him ten princes.</span> Phinehas represented the tribe of Levi, the high priest being too great to permit of his forming part of such a deputation. The actual head of each tribe accompanied him; that is, the head of the family, as we should call it, in each tribe. This seems preferable to Keil's idea, that some tribes were represented by a prince, and some by heads of families, which seems inadmissible from the fact that the Hebrew states that each tribe was represented in the same manner, <span class="hebrew">אֶחַד נְשִׂיא אֶחַד נְשִׂיא</span>. What is doubtless intended here is to emphasize the weight and importance of the deputation sent with Phinehas, a weight and importance befitting an embassy which might have to announce the determination to exterminate the two and a half tribes as completely as Jericho had been exterminated. The mention of <span class="accented">ten</span> princes shows that the cis-Jordanic half tribe of Manasseh was represented. Tribes. The word here, after "father's house," is the genealogical <span class="hebrew">מַטֶּה</span> not the political <span class="hebrew">שֶׁבֶט</span>. <span class="cmt_word">The thousands.</span> Or <span class="accented">families</span> (as in <a href="/judges/6-15.htm">Judges 6:15</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/10-19.htm">1 Samuel 10:19</a>). See however Introduction, p. 29. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joshua/22-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">With him</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמּ֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[they sent] ten</span><br /><span class="heb">וַעֲשָׂרָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·śā·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6235.htm">Strong's 6235: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ten</span><br /><br /><span class="word">chiefs—</span><br /><span class="heb">נְשִׂאִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(nə·śi·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5387.htm">Strong's 5387: </a> </span><span class="str2">An exalted one, a king, sheik, a rising mist</span><br /><br /><span class="word">one</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶחָ֜ד</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḥāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> </span><span class="str2">United, one, first</span><br /><br /><span class="word">family</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבֵ֣ית</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">leader</span><br /><span class="heb">נָשִׂ֨יא</span> <span class="translit">(nā·śî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5387.htm">Strong's 5387: </a> </span><span class="str2">An exalted one, a king, sheik, a rising mist</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from each</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכֹ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tribe</span><br /><span class="heb">מַטּ֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(maṭ·ṭō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4294.htm">Strong's 4294: </a> </span><span class="str2">A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">each</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִ֨ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the head</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹ֧אשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(rōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> </span><span class="str2">The head</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of a family</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּית־</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">among the clans</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאַלְפֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’al·p̄ê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_505.htm">Strong's 505: </a> </span><span class="str2">A thousand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/22-14.htm">Joshua 22:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/22-14.htm">Joshua 22:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/22-14.htm">Joshua 22:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/22-14.htm">Joshua 22:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joshua/22-14.htm">Joshua 22:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/22-14.htm">Joshua 22:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/22-14.htm">Joshua 22:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/22-14.htm">Joshua 22:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/22-14.htm">Joshua 22:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joshua/22-14.htm">Joshua 22:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joshua/22-14.htm">OT History: Joshua 22:14 And with him ten princes one prince (Josh. 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