Joshua 22:14
New International Version
With him they sent ten of the chief men, one from each of the tribes of Israel, each the head of a family division among the Israelite clans.

New Living Translation
In this delegation were ten leaders of Israel, one from each of the ten tribes, and each the head of his family within the clans of Israel.

English Standard Version
and with him ten chiefs, one from each of the tribal families of Israel, every one of them the head of a family among the clans of Israel.

Berean Standard Bible
With him they sent ten chiefs—one family leader from each tribe of Israel, each the head of a family among the clans of Israel.

King James Bible
And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

New King James Version
and with him ten rulers, one ruler each from the chief house of every tribe of Israel; and each one was the head of the house of his father among the divisions of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
and with him ten leaders, one leader for each father’s household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one of them was the head of his father’s household among the thousands of Israel.

NASB 1995
and with him ten chiefs, one chief for each father’s household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one of them was the head of his father’s household among the thousands of Israel.

NASB 1977
and with him ten chiefs, one chief for each father’s household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one of them was the head of his father’s household among the thousands of Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
and with him ten leaders, one leader for each father’s household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one of them was the head of his father’s household among the thousands of Israel.

Amplified Bible
and with him ten leaders, one leader from each father’s household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one was the head of his father’s household among the thousands of Israel.

Christian Standard Bible
They sent ten leaders with him—one family leader for each tribe of Israel. All of them were heads of their ancestral families among the clans of Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They sent 10 leaders with him—one family leader for each tribe of Israel. All of them were heads of their families among the clans of Israel.

American Standard Version
and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
Each of the ten tribes at Shiloh sent the leader of one of its families along with Phinehas.

English Revised Version
and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Ten leaders, one from each tribe in Israel, went with him. Each man was a leader of a household and head of a family division in Israel.

Good News Translation
Ten leading men went with Phinehas, one from each of the western tribes and each one the head of a family among the clans.

International Standard Version
and ten officials with him (one for each of the tribal families of Israel, each one of them a family leader among the tribes of Israel).

Majority Standard Bible
With him they sent ten chiefs—one family leader from each tribe of Israel, each the head of a family among the clans of Israel.

NET Bible
He was accompanied by ten leaders, one from each of the Israelite tribes, each one a family leader among the Israelite clans.

New Heart English Bible
and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and every one of them heads of ancestral houses among the thousands of Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was a head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

World English Bible
With him were ten princes, one prince of a fathers’ house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were each head of their fathers’ houses among the thousands of Israel.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and ten princes with him, one prince—one prince for a house of a father, for all the tribes of Israel, and each of them a head of a house of their fathers, for the thousands of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
and ten princes with him, one prince, one prince, for a house of a father, for all the tribes of Israel, and each of them a head of a house of their fathers, for the thousands of Israel.

Smith's Literal Translation
And ten chiefs with him, one chief, one chief, to the house of a father for all the tribes of Israel; and each the head of the house of their fathers, these for the thousands of Israel.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And ten princes with him, one of every tribe.

Catholic Public Domain Version
and ten leaders with him, one from each tribe.

New American Bible
and with him ten leaders, one from each tribe of Israel, each one the head of an ancestral house among the clans of Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
and with him ten chiefs, one from each of the tribal families of Israel, every one of them the head of a family among the clans of Israel.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And with him ten princes, one prince from every tribe of Israel; and these men were chiefs of the armies of Israel.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And ten Princes with him, one great man from all the tribes of Israel, and those men were the Commanders of the armies of Israel
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and ten of the chiefs with him; there was one chief of every household out of all the tribes of Israel; (the heads of families are the captains of thousands in Israel.)

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Offensive Altar
13The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 14With him they sent ten chiefs— one family leader from each tribe of Israel, each the head of a family among the clans of Israel. 15They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,…

Cross References
Numbers 32:1-5
Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock. / So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said, / “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, ...

Deuteronomy 13:12-18
If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said / that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known), / then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you, ...

Judges 20:1-11
Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah. / The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords. / (Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?” ...

1 Samuel 15:22-23
But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. / For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”

1 Kings 12:26-33
Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David. / If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.” / After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” ...

2 Kings 17:7-23
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ...

2 Chronicles 30:1-12
Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel. / For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month, / since they had been unable to keep it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem. ...

Ezra 10:1-5
While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well. / Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel. / So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law. ...

Nehemiah 9:1-3
On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads. / Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. / While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.

Psalm 133:1
A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!

Isaiah 1:18-20
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool. / If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. / But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Jeremiah 7:1-15
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, / “Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD. / Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place. ...

Ezekiel 18:30-32
Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!

Matthew 18:15-17
If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. / But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ / If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

Matthew 23:23
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.


Treasury of Scripture

And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

chief house [heb] house of the father

Exodus 18:25
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Numbers 1:4
And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.

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Joshua 22
1. The two tribes and a half with a blessing are sent home,
10. They build the altar of testimony in their journey
11. The Israelites are offended thereat
21. They vindicate their conduct, and give them good satisfaction














With him they sent
This phrase indicates a delegation, a common practice in ancient Israel for ensuring that decisions and actions were representative and communal. The Hebrew root for "sent" (שָׁלַח, shalach) often implies a mission or purpose. This reflects the seriousness and intentionality behind the action, emphasizing the importance of unity and collective responsibility in the community of Israel.

ten chiefs
The number ten in Hebrew culture often symbolizes completeness or order. The "chiefs" (נָשִׂיא, nasi) were leaders or princes, indicating individuals of significant authority and respect. This selection underscores the importance of the mission, as it required the involvement of the highest-ranking leaders to ensure the message was conveyed with authority and clarity.

one family leader from each tribe of Israel
This phrase highlights the representative nature of the delegation. Each tribe of Israel was to have a voice, ensuring that the entire nation was involved in the decision-making process. The Hebrew term for "family leader" (רֹאשׁ, rosh) signifies a head or chief, emphasizing the hierarchical structure within the tribes and the importance of leadership in maintaining order and unity.

each the head of a family
The repetition of leadership roles underscores the importance of accountability and representation. The "head" (רֹאשׁ, rosh) of a family was responsible for the welfare and spiritual guidance of their household, reflecting the broader responsibility of the leaders to guide the nation in faithfulness to God.

among the clans of Israel
The term "clans" (מִשְׁפָּחָה, mishpachah) refers to extended family groups within the tribes. This structure was foundational to Israelite society, emphasizing the interconnectedness of families and tribes. The inclusion of clan leaders in this delegation highlights the importance of maintaining unity and cohesion within the diverse and multifaceted community of Israel.

Verse 14. - And with him ten princes. Phinehas represented the tribe of Levi, the high priest being too great to permit of his forming part of such a deputation. The actual head of each tribe accompanied him; that is, the head of the family, as we should call it, in each tribe. This seems preferable to Keil's idea, that some tribes were represented by a prince, and some by heads of families, which seems inadmissible from the fact that the Hebrew states that each tribe was represented in the same manner, אֶחַד נְשִׂיא אֶחַד נְשִׂיא. What is doubtless intended here is to emphasize the weight and importance of the deputation sent with Phinehas, a weight and importance befitting an embassy which might have to announce the determination to exterminate the two and a half tribes as completely as Jericho had been exterminated. The mention of ten princes shows that the cis-Jordanic half tribe of Manasseh was represented. Tribes. The word here, after "father's house," is the genealogical מַטֶּה not the political שֶׁבֶט. The thousands. Or families (as in Judges 6:15; 1 Samuel 10:19). See however Introduction, p. 29.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
With him
עִמּ֔וֹ (‘im·mōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

[they sent] ten
וַעֲשָׂרָ֤ה (wa·‘ă·śā·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular
Strong's 6235: Ten

chiefs—
נְשִׂאִים֙ (nə·śi·’îm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5387: An exalted one, a king, sheik, a rising mist

one
אֶחָ֜ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

family
לְבֵ֣ית (lə·ḇêṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

leader
נָשִׂ֨יא (nā·śî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5387: An exalted one, a king, sheik, a rising mist

from each
לְכֹ֖ל (lə·ḵōl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

tribe
מַטּ֣וֹת (maṭ·ṭō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe

of Israel,
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

each
וְאִ֨ישׁ (wə·’îš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

the head
רֹ֧אשׁ (rōš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7218: The head

of a family
בֵּית־ (bêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

among the clans
לְאַלְפֵ֥י (lə·’al·p̄ê)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 505: A thousand

of Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


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