Josué 22:25

25 El Señor
ha puesto el río Jordán como una barrera entre nuestra gente y ustedes, gente de Rubén y de Gad. Ustedes no tienen derecho de afirmar que pertenecen al Señor
”. Así, los descendientes de ustedes podrían impedirles a los nuestros que adoraran al Señor
.

Josué 22:25 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 22:25

For the Lord hath made Jordan a border between us and you,
&c.] And by it separated them from them, as if they were a distinct people; not that this was really the case, but so they feared it would be represented in time to come; for though Jordan was the border of the land of Canaan, strictly so called, eastward, ( Numbers 34:12 ) ; yet it did not exclude the land of the two tribes and a half from being part of the land of promise; for the Amorites, which before inhabited it, and were driven out of it, were Canaanites, and were one part of the people, whose land the Lord promised to Abraham, ( Genesis 15:18-21 ) ;

ye children of Reuben, and children of Gad, have no part in the Lord;
in his covenant and promises, in his worship, word, and ordinances; these are things you have nothing to do with, being separated from us his peculiar people; or "have no part in the Word of the Lord", as the Targum, the promised Messiah, being without, or separated from him, as the Gentiles are said to be, ( Ephesians 2:12 ) ;

so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the Lord;
from worshipping the Lord, the fear of the Lord being often put for the whole worship of God, external and internal, ( Ecclesiastes 12:13 ) ; by behaving in the above manner towards them, they would be the cause and occasion of their apostasy from the true God, and it would be in effect to say to them, "go, serve other gods", ( 1 Samuel 26:19 ) .

Josué 22:25 In-Context

23 Si en verdad construimos un altar para nosotros, para apartarnos del Señor
o para presentar ofrendas quemadas, ofrendas de grano u ofrendas de paz, que el Señor
mismo nos castigue.

24 »La verdad es que construimos este altar porque tenemos miedo de que, en el futuro, sus descendientes les digan a los nuestros: “¿Qué derecho tienen ustedes de adorar al Señor
, Dios de Israel?

25 El Señor
ha puesto el río Jordán como una barrera entre nuestra gente y ustedes, gente de Rubén y de Gad. Ustedes no tienen derecho de afirmar que pertenecen al Señor
”. Así, los descendientes de ustedes podrían impedirles a los nuestros que adoraran al Señor
.

26 »Por eso decidimos construir el altar, no para presentar ofrendas quemadas o sacrificios,

27 sino como un monumento conmemorativo. Les recordará a nuestros descendientes y a los de ustedes que nosotros también tenemos el derecho de adorar al Señor
en su santuario con nuestros sacrificios, nuestras ofrendas quemadas y ofrendas de paz. Entonces sus descendientes no podrán decirles a los nuestros: “Ustedes no tienen derecho de afirmar que pertenecen al Señor
”.