Joshua Sends Home the Eastern Tribes
1Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
2and told them: “You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the
3You have not abandoned your fellow Israelites this entire time, right up to this very day. You have completed the task given you by the
4Now the
5But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the
6Joshua rewarded them and sent them on their way; they returned to their homes.
7(Now to one half-tribe of Manasseh, Moses had assigned land in Bashan; and to the other half Joshua had assigned land on the west side of the Jordan with their fellow Israelites.) When Joshua sent them home, he rewarded them,
8saying, “Take home great wealth, a lot of cattle, silver, gold, bronze, iron, and a lot of clothing. Divide up the goods captured from your enemies with your brothers.”
9So the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and headed home to their own land in Gilead, which they acquired by the
Civil War is Averted
10The Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan and built there, near the Jordan, an impressive altar.
11The Israelites received this report: “Look, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the entrance to the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”
12When the Israelites heard this, the entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh to launch an attack against them.
13The Israelites sent Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
14He was accompanied by ten leaders, one from each of the Israelite tribes, each one a family leader among the Israelite clans.
15They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them:
16“The entire community of the
17The sin we committed at Peor was bad enough. To this very day we have not purified ourselves; it even brought a plague on the community of the
18Now today you dare to turn back from following the
19But if your own land is impure, cross over to the
20When Achan son of Zerah disobeyed the command about the city’s riches, the entire Israelite community was judged, though only one man had sinned. He most certainly died for his sin!’”
21The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the Israelite clans:
22“El, God, the
23If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the
24We swear we have done this because we were worried that in the future your descendants would say to our descendants, ‘What relationship do you have with the
25The
26So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,
27but as a reminder to us and you, and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the
28We said, ‘If in the future they say such a thing to us or to our descendants, we will reply, “See the model of the
29Far be it from us to rebel against the
30When Phinehas the priest and the community leaders and clan leaders who accompanied him heard the defense of the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, they were satisfied.
31Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, said to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, “Today we know that the
32Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, and the leaders left the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead and reported back to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
33The Israelites were satisfied with their report and gave thanks to God. They said nothing more about launching an attack to destroy the land in which the Reubenites and Gadites lived.
34The Reubenites and Gadites named the altar, “Surely it is a Reminder to us that the
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