Joshua 22:22

“El, God, the Lord! ¹  El, God, the Lord! He knows the truth! ²  Israel must also know! If we have rebelled or disobeyed the Lord, ³  don’t spare us ⁴  today!

Ex 18:11; De 10:17; 1Sa 15:23; 1Ki 8:39; Job 10:7; Job 23:10; Job 31:5-8,38-40; Ps 7:3; Ps 7:3-5; Ps 37:6; Ps 44:21; Ps 82:1; Ps 95:3; Ps 97:7; Ps 136:2; Ps 139:1-12; Jer 12:3; Jer 17:10; Da 2:47; Da 11:36; Mic 7:9; Mal 3:18; Joh 2:24,25; Joh 21:17; Ac 1:24; Ac 11:2-18; Ac 25:11; 2Co 5:11; 2Co 11:11,31; 1Ti 6:16; Heb 4:13; Re 2:23; Re 19:16

¹ 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 Lord”). The name אֵל (’el, “El”) is often compounded with titles, for example, El Elyon, “God Most High.”

² tn Heb “he knows.”

³ tn Heb “if in rebellion or if in unfaithfulness against the Lord.”

⁴ 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.