Joshua 22:18

“And you turn back today from following YHWH! And it shall be, if you rebel today against YHWH, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole community of Israel.”

Joshua 22:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 22:18, word by word

turn backתָּשֻׁבוּtashuvu

turn back

To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.

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todayיּוֹםyom

today

This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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And it shall beהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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rebelתִּמְרְדוּtimrdu

rebel

Rebel: refuse to obey the one in authority.

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that tomorrowמָחָרmachar

tomorrow

The day that comes after today.

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he will be angryיִקְצֹףyiktsof

be angry

Be angry, burst out in rage; provoke to anger.

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communityעֲדַתadat

community

Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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The context

17Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, and for which the plague came on the community of YHWH?

18 · This verse (above)

19But if the land of your possession is unclean, cross over to the land of the possession of YHWH, where the dwelling of YHWH dwells, and take possession among us; but do not rebel against YHWH, and do not rebel against us by building yourselves an altar besides the altar of YHWH our Elohim.

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