约书亚记 22:19

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

如果你們認為所得的地業不潔淨，你們可以過到耶和華的地業，就是耶和華的帳幕居住的地方，在我們中間得地業；只是不可背叛耶和華，也不可背叛我們，在耶和華我們的　神的壇以外，為自己築另一座壇。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
你 们 所 得 为 业 之 地 ， 若 嫌 不 洁 净 ， 就 可 以 过 到 耶 和 华 之 地 ， 就 是 耶 和 华 的 帐 幕 所 住 之 地 ， 在 我 们 中 间 得 地 业 。 只 是 不 可 悖 逆 耶 和 华 ， 也 不 可 得 罪 我 们 ， 在 耶 和 华 ─ 我 们 　 神 的 坛 以 外 为 自 己 筑 坛 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ The people of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh went to Geliloth, near the Jordan River in the land of Canaan. There they built a beautiful altar. ¹¹ The other Israelites still at Shiloh heard about the altar these three tribes built at the border of Canaan at Geliloth, near the Jordan River on Israel's side. ¹² All the Israelites became very angry at these three tribes, so they met together and decided to fight them. ¹³ The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to Gilead to talk to the people of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh. ¹⁴ They also sent one leader from each of the ten tribes at Shiloh. Each of them was a leader of his family group of Israelites. ¹⁵ These leaders went to Gilead to talk to the people of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh. They said: ¹⁶ "All the Israelites ask you: ‘Why did you turn against the God of Israel by building an altar for yourselves? You know that this is against God's law. ¹⁷ Remember what happened at Peor? We still suffer today because of that sin, for which God made many Israelites very sick. ¹⁸ And now are you turning against the Lord and refusing to follow him? "‘If you don't stop what you're doing today, the Lord will be angry with everyone in Israel tomorrow. ¹⁹ If your land is unclean, come over into our land where the Lord 's Tent is. Share it with us. But don't turn against the Lord and us by building another altar for the Lord our God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

unclean: Exodus 15:17, Leviticus 18:25-28, Amos 7:17, Acts 10:14, Acts 10:15, Acts 11:8, Acts 11:9

wherein: Joshua 18:1, Leviticus 17:8, Leviticus 17:9, Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:6, 2 Chronicles 11:13, 2 Chronicles 11:16, 2 Chronicles 11:17

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:11 - I will Numbers 32:30 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 21:31
So that place was called Beersheba because they made a promise to each other there.

Joshua 15:28
Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,

Judges 20:1
So all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, joined together before the Lord in the city of Mizpah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession [be] unclean,.... That is, if it was judged to be so by them, because not cleansed from the sins of the former inhabitants of it by sacrifice, or because there was no altar in it to offer up sacrifice for the expiation of sin:

[then] pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord,

wherein the Lord's tabernacle dwelleth; if you repent of the choice you have made of a country to dwell in, quit it, and come over into the land of Canaan, which the Lord has taken possession of, and residence in, and where his tabernacle is fixed, the place of his presence and worship, and where an altar is erected to sacrifice upon:

and take possession among us; they were willing to quit possession of their own, and make room for them in each of their tribes, and even though they straitened themselves, and parted with much of their estates, rather than they should make a schism, or go into idolatrous practices; which was a brave, noble, spirit indeed, and showed their great concern for the honour and glory of God, and his worship, and their love to their brethren, and affectionate regard for their spiritual welfare, above their own private, personal, and temporal good:

but rebel not against the Lord: the Word of the Lord, as the Targum, either Christ the essential Word, the Angel of Jehovah's presence, or his word of command:

nor rebel against us; by breaking off from us, and setting up another religion or form of worship:

in building you an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God: which ought to be common to both, and no other to be set up against it, or used beside it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Unclean - i. e. unholy because the sanctuary was not in it, but on the other side of Jordan.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 22:19. If the land of your possessions be unclean — The generous mind of Phinehas led him to form this excuse for them. If ye suppose that this land is impure, as not having been originally included in the covenant, and ye think that ye cannot expect the blessing of God unless ye have an altar, sacrifices, &c., then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein the Lord's tabernacle dwelleth, the only legitimate place where sacrifices and offerings can be made. We will divide this land with you, and rather straiten ourselves than that you should conceive yourselves to be under any necessity of erecting a new altar besides the altar of the Lord our God.