The Elohim of Joshua 22:1-34
A moment before reading the Bible this past August or September of 2005, prayer was made for help to find a passage of Scripture that would be quite obvious that the real translation of Elohim should really be just simply superiors or Superiors or superior one or Superior Ones. After the prayer, this scribe just happened to start reading and studying the above mentioned passage from the Concordant Version. It is quite literal and more consistent at using the same word to represent any given word in the ancient Scriptures. With regards to God, it uses Yahweh, El, Eloah, or Elohim, which are closer to the spellings of the actual Hebrew and Aramaic Scriptures than most versions.
According to the study done by Don C. Hewey at his web site of http://www.1john57.com/literalerror.htm, there is a number of contradictions or inconsistencies in their translations and in understanding about God and his word. It can still be of great value though, as it helped this author get a proper understanding on the daily resurrection of the saints as they happen to die and on some other parts of doctrine.
Note though that Jehwah is the best transliteration of God the Father’s name. This was revealed by divine revelation recently.
Here are the passages which include the words for God plus passages which give a good clue as to their proper meanings:
1) . . . Moses the servant of [Jehwah/Be-er] enjoined on you . . . . 3) . . . the instruction of [Jehwah of your superior ones (the patriarchs, priests, and the chiefs of the tribes)]. 4) Now [Jehwah of your superiors] has given rest to your brothers, just as He promised them. . . . Moses the servant of [Jehwah] . . . . 5) . . . Moses the servant of [Jehwah] enjoined on you: to love [Jehwah of your superiors] and to walk in all His ways, to observe His instructions, to cling to Him and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
9) So the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh turned about and departed from the other sons of Israel, from Shiloh in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their holding which they held at the bidding of [Jehwah] by means of Moses.
10) When they came to Geliloth of the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan, an altar towering in appearance. 11) Then the other sons of Israel heard the report: Behold, the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the forefront of the land of Canaan at Geliloth of the Jordan, on the side of the sons of Israel. 12) When the sons of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled at Shiloh to march up against them with the militia host.
13) But first the sons of Israel sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the sons of Reuben, to the sons of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead; 14) and with him were ten princes, one prince from each patriarchal house of all the stocks of Israel; each of them was the head of their fathers’ house among the thousands of Israel. 15) When they came to the sons of Reuben, to the sons of God, and to the half tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead, they spoke to them saying:
16) Thus said the whole congregation of [Jehwah]: What is this offense with which you have offended the [superiors] of Israel [their patriarchs and the chiefs of their family units or tribes], by turning back today from following [Jehwah], in that you have built for yourselves an altar and you revolt today against [Jehwah]! 17) Was the depravity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves until this day, even though a stroke came on the congregation of [Jehwah]? 18) And are you today turning back from following [Jehwah]? It will be so that you are revolting today against [Jehwah]; then tomorrow He shall be wrathful against the whole congregation of Israel. 19) If however the land of your holding be unclean, pass over for yourselves to the land of [Jehwah’s] holding, where the Tabernacle of [Jehwah] tabernacles, and have holding among us. But do not revolt against [Jehwah], and do not revolt against us in that you build an altar for yourselves apart from the altar of [Jehwah of] our [superiors]. 20) Did not Achar son of Zerah offend with an offense regarding the doomed goods, so that wrath came upon the whole congregation of Israel? And he was not the only one who deceased for his depravity.
21) Then the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh responded and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel: 22) Superior one [(Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the high priest)], superior ones [(the chiefs of the tribes of Israel)], Jehwah, Superior one [your honour], superior ones [gentlemen], [Jehwah], He knows, and let Israel itself know: If we acted in revolt or in offense against [Jehwah], do not save us this day! 24) Yet assuredly we did this from anxiety for this reason, saying, Tomorrow your sons might speak to our sons, saying, What have you to do with [Jehwah of the superiors] of Israel?
29) Far be it from us that we should revolt against [Jehwah] to turn back today from following [Jehwah] to build an altar for ascent offerings, for approach presents and for sacrifices aside from the altar of [Jehwah of our superiors] that is before His Tabernacle.
33) and the word was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel. The sons of Israel blessed [the superiors] and spoke no longer of marching up against them with the militia host to ruin the land in which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were dwelling. 34 Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar as follows: It is the testimony between us that [Jehwah] is the One, [Superior].
(Quoted from the Concordant Version but without all their detailed grammatical and other special signs in their translation, which see at http://www.concordant.org/.)
See also verses 23,25,27, and 28 where Jehwah is not mentioned with Elohim and see our Victory Version translation of this whole chapter.The Elohim of Joshua 22:1-34
A moment before reading the Bible this past August or September of 2005, prayer was made for help to find a passage of Scripture that would be quite obvious that the real translation of Elohim should really be just simply superiors or Superiors or superior one or Superior Ones. After the prayer, this scribe just happened to start reading and studying the above mentioned passage from the Concordant Version. It is quite literal and more consistent at using the same word to represent any given word in the ancient Scriptures. With regards to God, it uses Yahweh, El, Eloah, or Elohim, which are closer to the spellings of the actual Hebrew and Aramaic Scriptures than most versions.
According to the study done by Don C. Hewey at his web site of http://www.1john57.com/literalerror.htm, there is a number of contradictions or inconsistencies in their translations and in understanding about God and his word. It can still be of great value though, as it helped this author get a proper understanding on the daily resurrection of the saints as they happen to die and on some other parts of doctrine.
Note though that Jehwah is the best transliteration of God the Father’s name. This was revealed by divine revelation recently.
Here are the passages which include the words for God plus passages which give a good clue as to their proper meanings:
1) . . . Moses the servant of [Jehwah/Be-er] enjoined on you . . . . 3) . . . the instruction of [Jehwah of your superior ones (the patriarchs, priests, and the chiefs of the tribes)]. 4) Now [Jehwah of your superiors] has given rest to your brothers, just as He promised them. . . . Moses the servant of [Jehwah] . . . . 5) . . . Moses the servant of [Jehwah] enjoined on you: to love [Jehwah of your superiors] and to walk in all His ways, to observe His instructions, to cling to Him and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
9) So the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh turned about and departed from the other sons of Israel, from Shiloh in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their holding which they held at the bidding of [Jehwah] by means of Moses.
10) When they came to Geliloth of the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan, an altar towering in appearance. 11) Then the other sons of Israel heard the report: Behold, the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the forefront of the land of Canaan at Geliloth of the Jordan, on the side of the sons of Israel. 12) When the sons of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled at Shiloh to march up against them with the militia host.
13) But first the sons of Israel sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the sons of Reuben, to the sons of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead; 14) and with him were ten princes, one prince from each patriarchal house of all the stocks of Israel; each of them was the head of their fathers’ house among the thousands of Israel. 15) When they came to the sons of Reuben, to the sons of God, and to the half tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead, they spoke to them saying:
16) Thus said the whole congregation of [Jehwah]: What is this offense with which you have offended the [superiors] of Israel [their patriarchs and the chiefs of their family units or tribes], by turning back today from following [Jehwah], in that you have built for yourselves an altar and you revolt today against [Jehwah]! 17) Was the depravity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves until this day, even though a stroke came on the congregation of [Jehwah]? 18) And are you today turning back from following [Jehwah]? It will be so that you are revolting today against [Jehwah]; then tomorrow He shall be wrathful against the whole congregation of Israel. 19) If however the land of your holding be unclean, pass over for yourselves to the land of [Jehwah’s] holding, where the Tabernacle of [Jehwah] tabernacles, and have holding among us. But do not revolt against [Jehwah], and do not revolt against us in that you build an altar for yourselves apart from the altar of [Jehwah of] our [superiors]. 20) Did not Achar son of Zerah offend with an offense regarding the doomed goods, so that wrath came upon the whole congregation of Israel? And he was not the only one who deceased for his depravity.
21) Then the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh responded and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel: 22) Superior one [(Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the high priest)], superior ones [(the chiefs of the tribes of Israel)], Jehwah, Superior one [your honour], superior ones [gentlemen], [Jehwah], He knows, and let Israel itself know: If we acted in revolt or in offense against [Jehwah], do not save us this day! 24) Yet assuredly we did this from anxiety for this reason, saying, Tomorrow your sons might speak to our sons, saying, What have you to do with [Jehwah of the superiors] of Israel?
29) Far be it from us that we should revolt against [Jehwah] to turn back today from following [Jehwah] to build an altar for ascent offerings, for approach presents and for sacrifices aside from the altar of [Jehwah of our superiors] that is before His Tabernacle.
33) and the word was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel. The sons of Israel blessed [the superiors] and spoke no longer of marching up against them with the militia host to ruin the land in which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were dwelling. 34 Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar as follows: It is the testimony between us that [Jehwah] is the One, [Superior].
(Quoted from the Concordant Version but without all their detailed grammatical and other special signs in their translation, which see at http://www.concordant.org/.)
See also verses 23,25,27, and 28 where Jehwah is not mentioned with Elohim and see our Victory Version translation of this whole chapter.
I have been listening to the above radio program over 9860 KHz at 9 p. m. Central Time during the last two days about the above prophecies. Did you folks of the Prophecy Club not hear of the visions of Evangelist David Terrell of Dallas Texas and of Mother Shipton? They both had similar visions as seen or described by Isaiah in his chapter 24.
David Terrell saw a comet breaking up into several pieces and one piece was one hundred by fifty miles wide. This piece apparently will land into the Atlantic Ocean, while the front piece will land somewhere in Canada, maybe in the northern area, another piece will land in the Gulf of Mexico. He then saw the Earth turned upside down.
Mother Shipton of about four or five hundred years ago saw what she described as a dragon circling the Earth seven times in six days (or the reverse). It apparently crashes and then it turns the world upside down.
It appears that what has been called "Planet X" is really that coming comet which is only about one hundred miles in diameter, but big enough to turn the world upside down.
A creation science article of many years ago pointed out that the markings on the ground about the sun dial poles of Egypt and many other places in the world show that our world was at a little different slant before the Deluge of Noah than it is now. It shifted about seven degrees. Another scientist in the seventeen hundreds found a manuscript in Europe that said that while Noah's family was preparing the Ark for their family and the animals, a comet was seen in their sky for thirty days[before the rain started to pour down]. This most likely crashed into the Earth and gave the reason for the wobble in the orbit of our planet Earth now.
You mentioned something about what the two witnesses are about. At the moment, I can not afford your book or DVD on the topic. So I will just give you my idea about who or what they are. I believe they are going to be a man and woman married couple trying to reveal the truth about the faith that was once given to the saints of old. Through their testimony and witnessing in person and through a website or two plus through radio or television broadcasting or announcements they will try to show light on the real meanings of disputed or misunderstood Bible words and topics that have been dividing the Church too much. Then one day, one of them or both of them will be in a meeting of the above mentioned David Terrell who will announce that one or more of the witnesses is present in the meeting. Shortly after this, the two prophets (Rev. 11:10) will travel to Jerusalem where there will be a terrorist attack and they then get killed. After lying dead on the street for 3 1/2 days during the terrorist attack God suddenly raises them from the dead.
Why? Perhaps to prove the veracity of the Holy Bible and to verify there is a Hell and a Heaven to all the unbelievers.
I had two dreams about the above information many years ago. One about David Terrell and the other about a terrorist attack. Whether this was of God, I do not know. We will very likely find out shortly.
Hopefully this event will happen this year but it may not happen for two or more months, that is, if it will happen this year.
One more thing, about the so-called rapture. In Matthew 13, Jesus said that the evil ones go first and in Mt. 5 that the meek will inherit the Earth, not the evil ones. In other words the common rapture story is a lie from Hell to get the Church to not be concerned about winning the lost for Jesus and about the growing bad conditions of the world.