Bible Game · Chapter 25
The Altar East of the Jordan
The two and a half tribes east of the Jordan built a great, tall altar by the river. Hearing of it, the western tribes cried “Rebellion! They mean to serve other gods,” and the whole assembly gathered at Shiloh to make war on them (22:12). Swords are about to be drawn. You stand there among the host. — This game does not ask whether the altar was right before God, or whether building it was wise. It settles only one thing: what should have been done before condemning an appearance as the worst.
Old Testament · Joshua 22 · before a great altar by the river
Unfamiliar words in this case
- Shiloh — the place where the tabernacle (God's tent) stood in that age; the center to which Israel's worship and sacrifice were gathered. That is why a separate altar looked like rebellion — as if to sacrifice somewhere else.
The painting in this case
Scene illustration · Two companies face each other before the great stone altar by the Jordan. One man reaches out a hand and asks — it looked like betrayal, yet asking before drawing the sword is what turned this chapter.
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