THEOSISJoshua 22:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And the children of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasses answered the princes of the embassage of Israel:
וַֽיַּעֲנוּ֙ בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֣ן וּבְנֵי־גָ֔ד וַחֲצִ֖י שֵׁ֣בֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וַֽיְדַבְּר֔וּ אֶת־רָאשֵׁ֖י אַלְפֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 15:1A mild answer breaketh wrath: but a harsh word stirreth up fury.
- Ex 18:21And provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, in whom there is truth, and that hate avarice, and appoint of them rulers of thousands, and of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens,
- Ex 18:25And choosing able men out of all Israel, he appointed them rulers of the people, rulers over thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and over tens.
- 1 Pet 3:15But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you.
- Prov 16:1It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue.
- Prov 18:13He that answereth before he heareth, sheweth himself to be a fool, and worthy of confusion.
- Mic 5:2And thou Bethlehem Ephrata, art a little one among the thousands of Juda, out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be the ruler in Israel: and his going forth is from the beginning, from the days of eternity.
- Prov 24:26He shall kiss the lips, who answereth right words.