Josué 22:12

12 toda a comunidade de Israel reuniu-se em Siló para guerrear contra eles.

Josué 22:12 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 22:12

And when the children of Israel heard [of it]
Of the building the altar in the above place, namely, the nine tribes and a half settled in the land of Canaan:

the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves
together at Shiloh;
where the tabernacle and altar of the Lord were, whose cause they undertook to avenge, being injured as they imagined by the altar the other tribes had built, and where they could consult the Lord by Urim and Thummim, if needful; hither they repaired from the several places around, where their tribes were settled; not the whole body of the people, but their heads and representatives:

to go up to war against them;
to consult about it, and to prepare for it, which they were obliged to do by the law of God, as in the case of a city, so of a tribe drawn aside to idolatry; and which they imagined was the case of these tribes, or at least what they had done had a tendency to apostasy from the true worship of God, which they were zealous to defend at the hazard of their lives, and though it should issue in an extirpation of one or more of their tribes; see ( Deuteronomy 13:12-16 ) .

Josué 22:12 In-Context

10 Quando chegaram a Gelilote, perto do Jordão, em Canaã, as tribos de Rúben, de Gade e a metade da tribo de Manassés construíram um imponente altar ali, junto ao Jordão.

11 Quando os outros israelitas souberam que eles tinham construído o altar na fronteira de Canaã, em Gelilote, perto do Jordão, no lado israelita,

12 toda a comunidade de Israel reuniu-se em Siló para guerrear contra eles.

13 Então os israelitas enviaram Fineias, filho do sacerdote Eleazar, à terra de Gileade, às tribos de Rúben e Gade e à metade da tribo de Manassés.

14 Com ele enviaram dez líderes, um de cada tribo de Israel, sendo cada um deles chefe de suas respectivas famílias dos clãs israelitas.