Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 22:15
And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,
And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead,…. The deputation came thither; they either sent for the chiefs among the two tribes and a half, to meet them at some place, or they, having a notion of their coming, assembled together to receive them, and hear what they had to say to them:
and they spake with them, saying; as follows; very probably Phinehas was the mouth of the whole, for there could be but one speaker.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
‘ And they came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying, “Thus says the whole congregation of YHWH, ‘What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel to turn this day from following YHWH, in that you have built yourselves an altar to rebel this day against YHWH?’ ” ’
Note that the congregation of Israel has become ‘the congregation of YHWH’. The approach was in the name of YHWH because the alleged offence was a religious one. We can compare how the phrase was applied to the sin of Peor (Num 31:16). Their view was that the building of the altar was in order to rival the central sanctuary, and set up a rival place for worship. It was rebellion against YHWH Himself, the God of Israel. The point was that it was not a place in which YHWH had ‘recorded His name’ (Exo 20:24), for there such an altar would have been permissible.
“The congregation of YHWH” is among other things the worshipping community at the Tabernacle (Deu 21:1-3; Deu 21:8. See also Num 16:3; Num 20:4; Num 27:17).
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Jos 22:15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,
Ver. 15. And they spake with them, saying. ] Cuncta prius tentanda Omne bellum sumitur facile: caeterum agerrime desinit, saith Sallust. a Therefore Philip of Macedon wrought more by treaties than by arms, as Polyaenus b observeth, and held it the far better way.
a Sal., in Jugur.
b . – Polyaen. Strat., lib. iv.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the whole, Jos 22:12, Mat 18:17, 1Co 1:10, 1Co 5:4, Gal 1:1, Gal 1:2, trespass, Lev 5:19, Lev 26:40, Num 5:6, 1Ch 21:3, 2Ch 26:18, 2Ch 28:13, Ezr 9:2, Ezr 9:15, Mat 6:14, Mat 6:15, to turn, Jos 22:18, Exo 32:8, Num 14:43, Num 32:15, Deu 7:4, Deu 30:17, 2Ch 10:19, 2Ch 25:27, Heb 12:25, rebel, Lev 17:8, Lev 17:9, Deu 12:4-6, Deu 12:13, Deu 12:14, 1Sa 15:23, Psa 78:8, Isa 63:10