Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 22:29
God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that [is] before his tabernacle.
29. God forbid ] Literally, Far be it from us. LXX. . Wyclif translates it, “God shilde fro vs this hidous gilt.” The speakers express in the strongest manner their abhorrence of the idea of forsaking Jehovah.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 29. God forbid that we should rebel] These words not only express their strong abhorrence of this crime, but also show that without God they could do no good thing, and that they depended upon him for that strength by which alone they could abstain from evil.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
God forbid that we should rebel against the Lord,…. Against the command of the Lord, who ordered one altar to be made, to which all sacrifices were to be brought from the several parts of the land of Israel, and there to be offered on it; or
“against the Word of the Lord,”
as the Targum, Christ typified both by the altar and the sacrifices on it; and who is but one, one priest, one sacrifice, one altar, one Mediator and Saviour:
and turn this day from following the Lord; apostatize from him, and from his worship:
to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices; which was never our intention, or ever entered into our hearts to erect one for such a purpose:
besides the altar of the Lord our God, that [is] before his tabernacle; it standing in the court of the tabernacle before the holy place.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The speakers conclude with an expression of horror at the thought of rebelling against Jehovah. , “ far be it from us away from Him ( = , 1Sa 24:7; 1Sa 26:11; 1Ki 21:3), to rebel against Jehovah,” etc.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
“ God forbid that we should rebel against YHWH, and turn away this day from following YHWH, to build an offering for burnt offering, for meal offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of YHWH our God which is before his Dwellingplace (Tabernacle).”
The Transjordan tribes then swore through their representatives to be faithful to the command only to offer sacrifices at the Altar of YHWH ‘before His Dwellingplace’ (the Tabernacle). (This would not, of course, exclude offering sacrifices on altars exclusively set up at YHWH’s command on the basis of Exo 20:24). Note the threefold repetition of the Name YHWH, putting YHWH at the centre of their thoughts.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Ver. 29. God forbid that we should rebel against the Lord, &c. They conclude, as they began, by protesting in the most sacred manner before God, that they have an utter abhorrence of the very idea, of the least tendency to rebellion against Jehovah; or, as the Chaldee paraphrase, both here and in the foregoing verses, has it, against the word of the Lord. Thus ended the conference in behalf of the Israelites beyond Jordan: how admirable is the mildness with which their judicious apologist repels the most dreadful suspicions, and the most ignominious accusations! using for this purpose no offensive retort, over-bearing arrogance, or affronting language. Happy they who can imitate the amiable example, and have virtue enough never to oppose to the false judgments passed upon them, and the groundless accusations they undergo, aught but proofs demonstrative of their innocence, and of the unjust treatment they meet with! A closer attention to this maxim would often have spared Christians the shame of striving rather to rail at their adversaries, than to reclaim them by informing their understandings. See Divine Legat. vol. 4: p. 15, &c.
Note; (1.) We are to be careful not only to act simply before God, but to make our integrity appear before men. (2.) The perpetuating the means of grace to our posterity, is the best method we can take to secure them in the ways of God. (3.) They who neglect the ordinances of God’s worship, will soon prove apostates from his truth.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Jos 22:29 God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that [is] before his tabernacle.
Ver. 29. God forbid that we. ] As it is a folly to be hot in a cold matter, so it is a great fault to be cold in a hot. See Act 17:16-17 , &c., “his spirit was stirred,” he was in a holy fit, and he bestirred him accordingly.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
God forbid = far be it from us.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
God forbid: Jos 24:16, Gen 44:7, Gen 44:17, 1Sa 12:23, 1Ki 21:3, Rom 3:6, Rom 6:2, Rom 9:14
to build: Jos 22:23, Jos 22:26, Deu 12:13, Deu 12:14, 2Ki 18:22, 2Ch 32:12
Reciprocal: 1Sa 20:2 – God forbid