Discovery BoxJoshua 22:21-22 
Context22:21 The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders 1 of the Israelite clans: 22:22 “El, God, the Lord! 2 El, God, the Lord! He knows the truth! 3 Israel must also know! If we have rebelled or disobeyed the Lord, 4 don’t spare us 5 today!
1 tn Heb “answered and spoke to the heads of.”
2 sn Israel’s God is here identified with three names: (1) אֵל (’el), “El” (or “God”); (2) אֱלֹהִים (’elohim), “Elohim” (or “God”), and (3) יְהוָה (yÿhvah), “Yahweh” (or “the
3 tn Heb “he knows.”
4 tn Heb “if in rebellion or if in unfaithfulness against the
5 tn Heb “do not save us.” The verb form is singular, being addressed to either collective Israel or the Lord himself. The LXX translates in the third person.
