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Joshua 22 — Hebrew and Greek compared

Saints Translation — Joshua 1–24 — Comparison & Reception — Reviewed V1

Same 13 Similar 7 Different 7 Divergent 6 Disparate 1

Disparate in this chapter: MT 22:19

Each card keeps the independently rendered source readings above their shared comparison and reception notes. The badge records the source’s governing classification; disparate readings are marked in red. Each reading retains its original reference.

Joshua 22

Brothers return in peace: fidelity to Christ across the boundary

Editorial thematic reading: the charge to love and serve God and the danger of division invite reading alongside the unity and peace of Ephesians 2:14–22.

22:1–9 | The eastern tribes blessed and sent home

Verse MT 22:1 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:1

Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:1

Then Joshua summoned the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: The same eastern tribes are summoned.

Verse MT 22:2 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:2

He said to them, “You have kept all that Moses the servant of YHWH commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:2

and said to them, “You have heeded all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: Both commend obedience to Moses and Joshua.

Verse MT 22:3 Similar

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:3

You have not abandoned your brothers these many days, to this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of YHWH your God.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:3

You have not abandoned your brothers these days, indeed many days, to this very day; you have kept the command of the Lord your God.

Classification & Notes

Similar

Text: The faithful service agrees; Hebrew has the fuller charge-of-the-commandment expression.

Verse MT 22:4 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:4

Now YHWH your God has given your brothers rest, as He told them. Now turn and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of YHWH gave you beyond the Jordan.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:4

Now the Lord our God has given our brothers rest, as He told them. So now turn back and go to your homes and to the land of your possession, which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan.

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Your God/your brothers become our God/our brothers. Greek uses homes for tents and omits Moses’ repeated title.

Verse MT 22:5 Similar

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:5

Only be very careful to do the commandment and the Torah that Moses the servant of YHWH commanded you: to love YHWH your God, walk in all His ways, keep His commandments, cling to Him, and serve Him with all your heart and all your soul.”

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:5

Only be very careful to do the commandments and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded us to do: to love the Lord your God, walk in all His ways, keep His commandments, remain attached to Him, and serve Him with all your mind and all your soul.”

Classification & Notes

Similar

Text: The covenant exhortation corresponds; Greek has us and mind where Hebrew has you and heart.

Verse MT 22:6 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:6

Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:6

Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their homes.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: The same blessing and departure; tents/homes is an ordinary dwelling idiom here.

Verse MT 22:7 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:7

Moses had given an inheritance in Bashan to half the tribe of Manasseh, and Joshua had given one to the other half with their brothers beyond the Jordan westward. When Joshua sent them away to their tents, he also blessed them.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:7

Moses had given an inheritance in Bashan to half the tribe of Manasseh, and Joshua had given one to the other half with their brothers beyond the Jordan toward the sea. When Joshua sent them away to their homes and blessed them,

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: The two Manassite allotments and blessing correspond; the Greek sentence continues.

Verse MT 22:8 Divergent

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:8

He said to them, “Return to your tents with great wealth and very much livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many garments. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.”

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:8

they went to their homes with much wealth, very much livestock, silver, gold, iron, and many garments, and divided the spoil of the enemies with their brothers.

Classification & Notes

Divergent

Text: Hebrew gives Joshua’s instruction; Greek reports its fulfillment and lacks bronze. The change from speech to action is preserved.

Verse MT 22:9 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:9

The sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh turned and went from the sons of Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to the land of Gilead, the land of their possession, which they had acquired according to YHWH’s command through Moses.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:9

The sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of the sons of Manasseh went from the sons of Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to the land of Gilead, the land of their possession, which they inherited by the Lord’s command through Moses.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: The departure, destination, and authority for their possession agree.

22:10–20 | The altar and the accusation of unfaithfulness

Verse MT 22:10 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:10

They came to the districts of the Jordan in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar there beside the Jordan, an altar great in appearance.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:10

They came to Galgala of the Jordan, which is in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Gad, the sons of Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar there beside the Jordan, an altar great to behold.

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Greek Galgala stands where Hebrew describes the Jordan districts. Greek calls this altar bōmos; later it distinguishes the Lord’s thysiastērion in the same discussion.

Verse MT 22:11 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:11

The sons of Israel heard it said, “Look, the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built the altar facing the land of Canaan, in the districts of the Jordan, on the side of the sons of Israel.”

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:11

The sons of Israel heard people saying, “Look, the sons of Gad, the sons of Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the borders of the land of Canaan, on the Gilead of the Jordan, on the side of the sons of Israel.”

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Greek has Gilead of the Jordan where Hebrew has the Jordan districts; the report’s basic concern agrees.

Verse MT 22:12 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:12

When the sons of Israel heard, the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go up against them for war.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:12

All the sons of Israel gathered at Shiloh to go up and wage war against them.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: Both report preparation for war.

Verse MT 22:13 Divergent

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:13

The sons of Israel sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead,

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:13

The sons of Israel sent Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the high priest, to the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead,

Classification & Notes

Divergent

Text: Greek extends the genealogy to Aaron and explicitly calls him high priest.

Verse MT 22:14 Similar

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:14

and ten leaders with him, one leader from an ancestral house for each of the tribes of Israel; each was head of an ancestral house among the thousands of Israel.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:14

and ten leaders with him, one leader from an ancestral house from each of the tribes of Israel; they were leaders of ancestral houses, commanders of thousands in Israel.

Classification & Notes

Similar

Text: Hebrew’s thousands may designate organized clan or military units; Greek explicitly uses the officer title chiliarchs.

Verse MT 22:15 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:15

They came to the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and spoke to them, saying,

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:15

They came to the sons of Gad, the sons of Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and spoke to them, saying,

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: The arrival and opening of the delegation’s speech agree.

Verse MT 22:16 Similar

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:16

“Thus says the whole congregation of YHWH: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed against the God of Israel, turning back today from following YHWH by building yourselves an altar, to rebel today against YHWH?

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:16

“Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord: ‘What is this offense you have committed before the God of Israel, turning away today from the Lord by building yourselves an altar, becoming apostates from the Lord?

Classification & Notes

Similar

Text: Both accuse the builders of abandoning God; breach of faith and rebellion correspond to offense and apostasy.

Verse MT 22:17 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:17

Was the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not purified ourselves to this day, though the plague came upon the congregation of YHWH?

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:17

Was the sin of Peor a small thing for us? We have not been cleansed of it to this day, and a plague came upon the congregation of the Lord.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: Both recall Peor as a continuing communal warning.

Verse MT 22:18 Similar

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:18

And will you turn back today from following YHWH? If you rebel today against YHWH, tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:18

And will you turn away today from the Lord? If you depart today from the Lord, tomorrow wrath will come upon all Israel.

Classification & Notes

Similar

Text: Hebrew explicitly makes God the subject of anger; Greek states the coming of wrath.

Verse MT 22:19 Disparate

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:19

But if the land of your possession is unclean, cross into the land of YHWH’s possession, where YHWH’s tabernacle dwells, and take a possession among us. Do not rebel against YHWH or rebel against us by building yourselves an altar besides the altar of YHWH our God.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:19

Now if the land of your possession is too small for you, cross into the land of the Lord’s possession, where the Lord’s tent dwells, and inherit among us. Do not become apostates from God or depart from the Lord by building yourselves an altar apart from the altar of the Lord our God.

Classification & Notes

Disparate

Text: Unclean land in Hebrew becomes land too small in Greek, changing the stated reason for relocation. Hebrew also forbids rebellion against us; Greek repeats departure from God/the Lord.

Verse MT 22:20 Similar

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:20

Did not Achan son of Zerah commit a breach of faith concerning the devoted thing, and wrath came upon the whole congregation of Israel? He was one man, but he did not perish alone for his iniquity.’”

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:20

Look, did not Achar son of Zerah commit an offense concerning the devoted thing, and wrath came upon the whole congregation of Israel? He was only one man; was he alone the one who died for his own sin?’”

Classification & Notes

Similar

Text: The Hebrew assertion and Greek rhetorical question both recall wider consequences of one man’s offense. Achan/Achar follows chapter 7.

A witness to one worship: reconciliation in Christ

Editorial thematic reading: the explanation and its reception show the importance of hearing before judgment. The altar’s stated role as witness is not converted into a Christian sacrificial altar in the translation.

22:21–29 | The tribes explain the altar’s purpose

Verse MT 22:21 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:21

The sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel,

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:21

The sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the commanders of thousands in Israel, saying,

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: The same response is introduced, with the organizational title rendered contextually.

Verse MT 22:22 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:22

“God, God, YHWH! God, God, YHWH! He knows, and Israel shall know. If it was in rebellion or in breach of faith against YHWH, do not save us this day,

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:22

“God—God is Lord! And God, God the Lord—He knows, and Israel shall know. If in apostasy we offended before the Lord, may He not rescue us this day.

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: The repeated Hebrew El, Elohim, YHWH invocation and the Greek nominal clauses are preserved with editorial punctuation. Hebrew addresses the one who saves directly; Greek expresses a third-person wish. No later doctrinal reading is inserted into the titles.

Verse MT 22:23 Divergent

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:23

if we built ourselves an altar to turn back from following YHWH, or to offer on it burnt offering and grain offering, or to make sacrifices of peace offerings on it—let YHWH Himself require an account.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:23

If we built ourselves an altar to depart from the Lord our God, to offer on it a sacrifice of whole burnt offerings or a sacrifice of well-being, the Lord will require an account.

Classification & Notes

Divergent

Text: Greek lacks the separate grain-offering item and includes our God. Both submit the altar’s intention to divine judgment.

Verse MT 22:24 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:24

But we did this out of concern for a matter, saying, ‘Tomorrow your sons may say to our sons, “What have you to do with YHWH, the God of Israel?

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:24

We did this out of concern for a matter, saying, ‘Lest tomorrow your children say to our children, “What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: Both explain concern for the next generation’s access to worship.

Verse MT 22:25 Divergent

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:25

YHWH made the Jordan a boundary between us and you, sons of Reuben and sons of Gad. You have no portion in YHWH.” So your sons would cause our sons to cease fearing YHWH.’

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:25

The Lord made the Jordan a boundary between us and you, and you have no portion in the Lord.” Your sons would alienate our sons, so that they would not revere the Lord.’

Classification & Notes

Divergent

Text: Greek lacks the explicit Reuben-and-Gad address and uses alienate rather than cause to cease. The feared exclusion agrees.

Verse MT 22:26 Similar

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:26

So we said, ‘Let us act and build ourselves the altar, not for burnt offering and not for sacrifice,

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:26

We said that we should act in this way: build this altar, not for offerings and not for sacrifices,

Classification & Notes

Similar

Text: Both deny a sacrificial purpose. Greek karpōmata is rendered offerings here; its different term alone does not imply a fireless ritual.

Verse MT 22:27 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:27

but to be a witness between us and you and between our generations after us, that we may perform YHWH’s service before Him with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings, so that tomorrow your sons may not say to our sons, “You have no portion in YHWH.”’

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:27

but that it may be a testimony between us and you and between our generations after us, that we may perform service to the Lord before Him with our offerings, our sacrifices, and our sacrifices of well-being. Then your children will not say to our children tomorrow, “You have no portion in the Lord.”

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: Both explain the memorial as testimony to shared worship, not an alternative sacrificial installation.

Rabbinic: Rashi understands the altar as testimony that the eastern tribes had not withdrawn from the law governing the altar [R22, 22:27].

Verse MT 22:28 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:28

We said, ‘If they say this to us or our generations tomorrow, we shall say, “See the likeness of YHWH’s altar that our fathers made, not for burnt offering and not for sacrifice, but as a witness between us and you.”’

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:28

We said, ‘If ever they speak to us and to our generations tomorrow, they shall say, “See the likeness of the Lord’s altar that our fathers made, not for offerings and not for sacrifices, but as a testimony between you and us and between our sons.”’

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Hebrew has we shall say; Greek has they shall say and adds our sons to the testimony’s parties.

Verse MT 22:29 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:29

Far be it from us to rebel against YHWH or turn back today from following YHWH by building an altar for burnt offering, grain offering, and sacrifice besides the altar of YHWH our God that is before His tabernacle.”

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:29

May it never be that we turn away from the Lord in these present days, departing from the Lord by building an altar for offerings, salamin sacrifices, and a sacrifice of well-being apart from the Lord’s altar before His tent.”

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: Greek retains the loan-form salamin beside its own well-being term and lacks the distinct Hebrew grain-offering item. Both reject rival worship.

22:30–34 | The explanation accepted and the witness acknowledged

Verse MT 22:30 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:30

When Phinehas the priest, the leaders of the congregation, and the heads of the thousands of Israel with him heard the words spoken by the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh, it was good in their eyes.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:30

When Phinehas the priest and all the leaders of the congregation of Israel with him heard the words spoken by the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, they were pleased.

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: Both report the delegation’s acceptance of the explanation.

Verse MT 22:31 Same

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:31

Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh, “Today we know that YHWH is among us, because you have not committed this breach of faith against YHWH. Now you have rescued the sons of Israel from YHWH’s hand.”

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:31

Phinehas the priest said to the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, “Today we know that the Lord is with us, because you have not committed an offense before the Lord and because you have rescued the sons of Israel from the Lord’s hand.”

Classification & Notes

Same

Text: Both connect the cleared accusation with escape from divine judgment.

Verse MT 22:32 Divergent

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:32

Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest and the leaders returned from the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad, from the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the sons of Israel, and brought them back word.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:32

Phinehas the priest and the leaders returned from the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, from the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the sons of Israel, and reported the words to them.

Classification & Notes

Divergent

Text: Greek explicitly includes the half-tribe of Manasseh among those from whom the delegation returned.

Verse MT 22:33 Divergent

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:33

The matter was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel blessed God. They no longer spoke of going up against them for war to destroy the land where the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad lived.

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:33

It pleased the sons of Israel. They spoke to the sons of Israel, blessed the God of the sons of Israel, and said they should no longer go up against them for war to destroy the land of the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. They dwelt upon it.

Classification & Notes

Divergent

Text: Greek has an additional report clause, includes Manasseh in the land description, and concludes with residence. Both abandon the threatened war.

Verse MT 22:34 Different

Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth(Rabbinic Priority)

MT 22:34

The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad named the altar, “For it is a witness between us that YHWH is God.”

Greek–English: Literal-Smooth(Saints Priority)

LXX 22:34

Joshua named the altar of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said, “It is a testimony between them that the Lord is their God.”

Classification & Notes

Different

Text: The naming agent is the eastern tribes in Hebrew and Joshua in Greek. Hebrew does not supply a separate proper name Ed before the explanation; witness is not silently inserted as a missing word.

Rabbinic: Rashi supplies the understood name Witness to explain the compressed Hebrew sentence [R22, 22:34]. The translation keeps the naming clause’s compression visible rather than silently supplying a written name.